Offsite-Use water

[teddymills]

JK writes...
The toilet is bad, the ceramic cracks in a fire most of the time..


teddy writes..

Where did you get this information from ???
I would think anything that is used to build kilns from would be pretty fire retardant.







Joseph Kubik wrote:

>The toilet is bad, the ceramic cracks in a fire most of the time.
>A REALLY hot fire is hard to protect against. However, most
>residential fires I've seen were only really hot in the small area
>where the fire started and the rest of the building was quickly
>extinguished.
>
>If you are truly paranoid, a stainless steel vacuum flask would work
>well, especially if it were in an open metal drum full of water (it
>needs to be able to evaporate to provide any real cooling).
>
>-Joseph-
>
>On Apr 12, 2005 9:15 AM, teddymills <teddymills-VFlxZYho3OA at public.gmane.org> wrote:
>  
>
>>Get a waterproof box or container of some kind....and drop it into your
>>toilet tank.(the large one :)
>>As long as your container is waterproof, your data would be safe. from
>>almost any fire.
>>Water would also dissipate the heat.
>>Plus you would save on your water bill, and not waste so much water.
>>
>>If that doesnt work, go industrial. find a large metal container, as
>>large as needed,
>>(45 gallon oil drum if need be, or flatter rectangular shaped)  and  use
>>that.
>>
>>Just thought that one up!
>>
>>Walter Dnes wrote:
>>
>>    
>>
>>>On Mon, Apr 11, 2005 at 01:05:51AM -0400, John Vetterli wrote
>>>
>>>
>>>      
>>>
>>>>Just wondering: would keeping CDs and DVDs in a fireproof strongbox
>>>>keep your data safe and readable if there was a major fire?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>        
>>>>
>>> There are a couple of problems with that...
>>>
>>> 1) A real fire would melt the contents of the strongbox.
>>>
>>> 2) Assuming it survives, I don't expect the police/fire-dept to allow
>>>    me to meander through the burned-out hulk of the building.  Did I
>>>    mention that I'm on the 5th floor?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>      
>>>
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