Your house is burning--what do you choose?

[Ferret]

Whilst I'd propably get the hard drive too. i only have 4 books, one is a book i don't want, so I should be able to carry it all, If it was just one it'd be my FRCS as the others are cheaper. Oh after my cat and family. Of course.

 

[Krieg]

You could get a gun safe, one that is big enough to hold hunting riffles. Those are about the size of a medium sized bookcase.

Yeah, but then where would I put my firearms?!

Yeah, because concrete and steel would NEVER burn. Just ask all those people in the World Trade Center.

Steel and concrete burn at high enough temperatures...the WTC was built out of these. And if there was an explosion...and things inside the house surely burn...

Concrete/steel do have a signifigant fire retardent advantage over wood, as pointed out by the original poster.

The odds of an aircraft filled with several hundred thousand pounds of JP-5 slamming into your house are quite a bit more remote than the possibility of an electrical fire.

Heck, when it comes down to it..there's always a chance that a 1km wide meteroite will land on top of the house as well, but I'm not going to base my building plans around the possibility.

 

[Djeta Thernadier]

Heck, when it comes down to it..there's always a chance that a 1km wide meteroite will land on top of the house as well, but I'm not going to base my building plans around the possibility.

Yeah, but on the bright side, the meteorite might just end up giving you superhuman powers and then you'd have lightning speed and be able to get everything out of the house in time anyway

 

[Krieg]

Yeah, but on the bright side, the meteorite might just end up giving you superhuman powers and then you'd have lightning speed and be able to get everything out of the house in time anyway

Yeah, but with my luck it would accelerate my metabolism equally & I'd keel over from old age 30 seconds later. lol

 

[Djeta Thernadier]

Yeah, but with my luck it would accelerate my metabolism equally & I'd keel over from old age 30 seconds later. lol

Nah...that never happens in the comic books/video games/ movies...

 

[Krieg]

Misfire.

 

[Krieg]

Nah...that never happens in the comic books/video games/ movies...

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[tburdett]

Nothing. I have an inventory of everything (printed, VHS, and burned to DVD) and replacement value homeowners insurance. I have three copies, one stored at work, one at my parents home, and one in my car. As long as I make it out, no worries.

 

[Norfleet]

Yeah, because concrete and steel would NEVER burn. Just ask all those people in the World Trade Center.

Well, jet fuel burns. Wooden office dividers and tables burn. People burn. Bare steel and concrete don't, particularly when you can just seal the blast doors, and a fire will shortly go out from lack of oxygen.

Then again, *I* actually think of these things and *PLAN* for them when designing a building, whereas most people apparently don't, and are content to build willy-nilly with no regard for concerns of security, like those people who put locks on doors....with smashable glass windows where you can just break them, reach in, and open the door. Doesn't this entirely defeat the point? Sometimes the entire door is even glass.....why even bother locking that? It's not like it poses a barrier to anyone.

Me, I use 6-inch thick steel doors. On tracks, not hinges. And that's just for internal compartments. None of that sissy wood and glass crap.

 

[Anime Kidd]

Me, I use 6-inch thick steel doors. On tracks, not hinges. And that's just for internal compartments. None of that sissy wood and glass crap.

Umm...what type of house do exactly live in? An abandoned military missile silo? (which sounds cool btw )