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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-09-10 03:07 PM Original message |
Dubai tower elevator traps people on 124th floor |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-09-10 03:09 PM Response to Original message |
1. Since the tower was built by slave labor under appalling conditions |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-09-10 03:16 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. There's an old saying about doing things on the cheap - |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-09-10 03:26 PM Response to Reply #4 |
11. That is very true. |
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Richardo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-09-10 03:12 PM Response to Original message |
2. Then they said, "Come, let us build ourselves a city, with a tower that reaches to the heavens... |
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Renew Deal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-09-10 03:15 PM Response to Original message |
3. How is a stuck elevator an embarrassment for a city? |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-09-10 03:20 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Only if you make a huge deal over your new building... |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-09-10 03:21 PM Response to Reply #3 |
9. Prior to construction, modern Dubai was the Burj Al-Arab Hotel. |
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AndyA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-09-10 03:17 PM Response to Original message |
5. The article says the lights in the elevator went off, and the car was freefalling |
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lpbk2713 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-09-10 03:20 PM Response to Original message |
7. Um ... was Halliburton in on this deal? |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-09-10 03:20 PM Response to Original message |
8. i was working on a building site where an elevator installer fell 57 floors down the shaft. |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-09-10 03:24 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. As I understand it, most elevators have mechanical springs at the base to |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-09-10 03:29 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. the springs at the bottom won't do much for a fall of any distance. |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-09-10 04:13 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Interestingly, I went googling for a reference to that event |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-09-10 05:35 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. they did an elevator freefall on mythbusters... |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-10-10 12:25 AM Response to Reply #14 |
15. The Empire State Building is a very 'weird' building |
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