i thought we might get more discussion out of it, but when debate turns to shouting, it pretty much drives the temperate-tempered crowd away.
anyway, that is how new ideas get accepted. it takes 10's of years for changes to occur. someone has to introduce them. i fully realize that it is not me, but someone of higher quality that shall carry the day when some of these debates are turned into common ways of practice. yes, that was not an exaggerated disaster waiting to happen, 3 inches of gasoline. yeesh. good thing Seattle has a mild client. keep on teaching and inspiring, Ron! On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 21:17, Ron Greenman <[email protected]> wrote: > Well that conversation took an interesting turn following your > comments. Lack of big picture. > I particularly liked fire protection easy--urban planning hard. Good > analysis. I once was working on a building in downtown Seattle when > every fire company from every battalion from every station from as far > away as Belltown, Georgetown, Beacon Hill, and Capitol Hill, not to > mention the three downtown houses showed up, cordoned off several > blocks and started evacuating buildings. Seems that the tank from one > of those parking garage gas stations had ruptured and the next > building down the hill (Alaska Building), one without a garage but a > couple of basement levels, had three inches of gas on the lower floor. > That was the end of those types of businesses in Seattle. Cheers. > -- > Ron Greenman > Instructor > Fire Protection Engineering > Bates Technical College > Tacoma, WA > > Member: > SFPE, ASCET, NFPA, AFSA, NFSA AFAA, NIBS, WSAFM, WFC > _______________________________________________ > Sprinklerforum mailing list > [email protected] > http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum > > For Technical Assistance, send an email to: [email protected] > > To Unsubscribe, send an email > to:[email protected]<to%[email protected]> > (Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field) > _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum For Technical Assistance, send an email to: [email protected] To Unsubscribe, send an email to:[email protected] (Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field)
