Offsite backups for the rest of us?

[John Macdonald]

On Mon, Apr 11, 2005 at 02:32:07PM -0400, Henry Spencer wrote:
> On Mon, 11 Apr 2005, Sy wrote:
> > I never thought about the sandbag thing.. would that actually be of real help?
> 
> Anything that helps keep hot air and hot falling debris away from the
> box's surface will help *some*.  Note that the other part of that
> suggestion was "basement corner", which puts three of the box's six sides
> against outside surfaces that have lots of thermal inertia and are likely
> to stay relatively cool. 

A basement corner also has the advantage that in most fires
the last plave to be engulfed will be a basement corner.  So,
as long as the fire starts in the opposite quadrant, or gets
put out before the fire spreads badly, that is the location
most likely to survive.

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