Look at the Constitution and then look at all the paper produced trying to "clarify" it. Look at the Torah, then look at the Talmud. Every "clarification" in any book of laws/codes elicits ten more questions. 13 will continue to grow and become increasingly unwieldy as long as we succumb to the idea that there can be no mistakes. That nothing can be harmed. That life must be turned into a still life parody of itself. Too much philosophy today. Life's dangerous! NO ONE GETS OUT ALIVE!
On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 3:04 PM, George Church <[email protected]> wrote: > It's an imperfect world. > > Look at the number of proposals the TC needs to consider each cycle, > consider the number of new technologies in storage like Big Fans, 100' tall > ASRS racks and plastic pallets, consider the number of new construction > types and novel applications of existing ones, consideration of addressing > areas where failures have taken place and protection levels need to be > upgraded, surprises like the AF mess, and you'll wonder why you ever asked > to be on the darn committee in the first place. > > There is no way they could ever address each instance and that's why the > Associations offer their services to answer requests for clarification, and > why some contractors employ the John Denharts of our industry full-time. > > The Code is crystal clear- until a second person reads it. > > glc > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Greg McGahan > Sent: Monday, August 30, 2010 5:09 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: 2010 handling and storage of combustibles > > Well, so be it.....but it is defined enough to take most AHJ's out of the > "warm fuzzy judgement call" mode and not definitive enough to give them > answers SOMETIMES. > > On 8/30/2010 3:54 PM, Thom wrote: >> Every year 13 grows! And every year we need still more clarification. >> Will there ever be a time when every situation has a definitive answer in > 13? >> Probably not, or you would need that loading dock and forklift to pick >> it up. >> >> Thom >> >> Subject: Re: 2010 handling and storage of combustibles >> >> >> "protect per NFPA #13"..... I would really like a definitive answer. >> >> Having a Great Day, >> Greg >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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) > > -- > _______________________________________________ > 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) > > _______________________________________________ > 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) > -- Ron Greenman Instructor Fire Protection Engineering Bates Technical College 1101 So. Yakima Ave. Tacoma, WA 253.680.7346 Member: AFSA, SFPE, ASCET, NFPA, NFSA, AFAA, ASEE, NIBS, WSAFM, WFC They are happy men whose natures sort with their vocations. -Francis Bacon, essayist, philosopher, and statesman (1561-1626) _______________________________________________ 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)
