Fire escape tubes etc. article is online.

[Tony Wayne <wayne@PEN.K12.VA.US>]

FYI,
The article referred to below can also be found on the web at

http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/09/science/physical/09ESCA.html

To view it will require you to sing up for the NYT web edition (It's free.)
-Tony

> on 10/10/01 6:41 PM, Ludwik Kowalski at kowalskiL@MAIL.MONTCLAIR.EDU wrote:
>
> > The Science section of The New York Times (October 9, 2001,
> > page F4) has an article about innovative approaches to fire
> > escape systems. They say that 25 traffic control towers at the
> > Air Force bases (not very high structures) already have escape
> > tubes slung from roofs and windows. People (up to 24 at the
> > same time) can slide down for safety, they say. Designed for
> > up to 15 stories they can be used to slide down to the roofs of
> > nearby buildings. Parachutes, cables and flying platform
> > approaches are also described in this article.
> > Ludwik Kowalski