Comments on: High Rise Escape Systems

By: Ryan & Cindi

Ryan & Cindi — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:22:25 +0000

Here’s the solution that is easy to operate, portable or fixed-mounted and will save your little dog too! – Ryan

By: Gauldar

Gauldar — Fri, 08 May 2009 21:00:57 +0000

Exactly, no need to ‘jump’ to any conclusions!

By: Kalel

Kalel — Fri, 08 May 2009 20:31:11 +0000

Now, let’s not have a falling out over parachutes.

By: Quint 5

Quint 5 — Fri, 08 May 2009 13:56:54 +0000

My comments were based on 30+ years of firefighting experience. It’s interesting to see imagination at work and I didn’t mean to disparage the content. My training tells me to plan for the worst, but hope for the best. Plus, I got a chuckle over dozens of parachutists landing on top of the firefighters responding to take care of their fire!

By: Key

Key — Fri, 08 May 2009 13:54:24 +0000

So, they’re basically BASE jumping?

In a dangerous situation, people screaming, fires, black smoke filling the room I doubt any novice is going to be able to jump without simply crashing to the street below – that’s if they even get the thing on.

By: Miss Cellania

Miss Cellania — Fri, 08 May 2009 13:26:25 +0000

I would hate to eliminate interesting links because they come from a commercial site. This is not an ad and the company does not do business with Neatorama (as far as I know).

By: Gauldar

Gauldar — Fri, 08 May 2009 13:25:56 +0000

@Sue Dunham

No need to get testy, it might actualy be a fun idea to get one if I get the urge to go base jumping from out of an office building.

By: Sue Dunham

Sue Dunham — Fri, 08 May 2009 12:34:54 +0000

Yet another link to a commercial site from Neatorama.

By: neatoman

neatoman — Fri, 08 May 2009 11:09:00 +0000

i’m with quint too. can any frequent skydivers weigh in on this? i’ve only jumped once but i know a parachute isn’t something easy to operate in confined spaces (a city of skyscrapers).

By: free internet games for kids

free internet games for kids — Fri, 08 May 2009 09:49:35 +0000

I used to work in a company that wobbles from the aftershocks of nearby tremors – this would’ve been a great back then since all the office workers ran down 14 storeys without stopping!

By: nickolas_warner

nickolas_warner — Fri, 08 May 2009 05:43:08 +0000

I agree with quint

By: Quint 5

Quint 5 — Fri, 08 May 2009 03:39:37 +0000

The elevator would take too long to deploy, not to mention other problems. The parachutist would need to have a place to jump from (usually, roof accesses are locked, and windows are sealed because of energy efficiency). Landing areas around most buildings are not in park-like settings as shown on the link. As far as the harness goes, I just shudder to think of untrained occupants trying to climb down the outside of a high-rise. The best way to save lives in a high-rise is to educate the occupants on what their role is when the fire alarms sound.

By: birdy

birdy — Thu, 07 May 2009 18:36:52 +0000

i want something that will enable me to flee with my dogs–they’re
small, so perhaps something that straps them to me, that we can get into easily?

By: I dunno lol

I dunno lol — Thu, 07 May 2009 17:39:53 +0000

Except for when all the people start stabbing each other to get the 1 parachute / 100 people

By: Xinavera

Xinavera — Thu, 07 May 2009 17:38:29 +0000

The collapsible five-layer elevator is even cooler.

By: Babycakes

Babycakes — Thu, 07 May 2009 17:14:35 +0000

this is quite interesting, at least there are some people still thinking out there.

By: Gauldar

Gauldar — Thu, 07 May 2009 17:03:17 +0000

I WANT MY JETPACK! >:|

!!!