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From: cmfaltz@phoenix.princeton.edu (Christine Marie Faltz)
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Subject: Re: Agreeing to disagree!
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Date: 19 Apr 91 20:14:38 GMT
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	This is getting maddening.  First of all, have you any idea how
hot a fire is--particularly one that is burning fuel?  In the majority
of the cases, you would be able to feel the heat right through the
window AND the side of the plane.  This would not be hot as in a
fireplace.  If one stands across from a burning house--say, across an
alley--you can still feel the heat--sometimes your hair and eyebrows can
be singed.  In addition, have you ever heard the roar of such a fire?
In all likelihood, you could probably hear it over panicked passengers.
And, if you know anything about panicked people and fire, you will know
that if there is a fire outside the exit door, people are going to be
screaming "Fire, fire, fire!" at the tops of their lungs.  I'll bet you
that it is just as likely that a panicked sighted person--irrational in
his orher attempt to save his/her life, will fling open the door anyway.
A blind person is NOT a greater risk to the emergency evacuation of an
airplane--panic, drunkenness, and stupidity are.
Christine
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