Hey Vince thanks for that link. Besides the Iroquois fire, perhaps the fire that changed safety the most here in Chicago, was the Our Lady of the Angels school fire. That was my parish and I know first hand how strict things were after that. I am a little too young to have been in the fire, but I lost a cousin and some neighbors in that disaster. In fact I was VERY young, but the trauma of that day stll evokes a memory in me, even as a toddler.
And I still recall the rebuilding of the school, the only things that could burn in ther was our paper. We had fire drills every couple of weeks and you had better not even crack a smile during that drill or those black veiled monsters would start swinging. But still people continue to push limits and come up weith new ways to put safety on the back burner. Awareness it appears must come periodically in the form of new disasters, and that's just sad. BTW not to be picky, but the disaster in the Chicago nightclub did not involve a fire, just two puffed up security guards using mace in close quarters and creating a stampede for the door. And a nightclub owner who may have opened illegally and been way over capacity. One report said one mother absolutely could not identify her son, with the exception of I believe a ring and an id. Thats's just disgusting! Stay safe everyone! Peace, Susan --- vince <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >You're right, Kakki, the only good thing that will come of this is the > >awareness it is bringing to fire safety issues. > > > Short term, but not long term. Human nature is what it is. The worst > fire of this sort happened before Coconut Grove and what did people > learn? The Iroquois Theater Fire killed maybe 600 children and as > always, dead stacked at the exits, people trampled, etc. Just like the > Chicago nightclub fire that killed, what, 21 just a few days before the > RI fire? Did the Chicago fire the week earlier make anyone wake up? > > As long as there is a cheaper way to do it, it will be done. And > people's safety will be jeopardized. Human nature. That is why so much > car safety equipment is not mandated. Why a lot of things aren't done. > Cost. > > Vince > > http://www.chipublib.org/004chicago/timeline/iroqfire.html Yahoo! Tax Center - forms, calculators, tips, more http://taxes.yahoo.com/
