X-Message-Number: 17526 From: "Mark Plus" <> Subject: Re: Alcor's safety Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2001 16:18:28 -0700 In Message #17516, Mr. Pizer made the case for moving Alcor's patients to a safer location in Arizona's high desert. I think that's an excellent idea, certainly better than leaving them in a standard light-industrial building in an urban area. I've visited Alcor's facility in Scottsdale, and I was struck by how easy it would be to force or even blow open the back part of the building where the patients are stored, with only metal garage doors between them and the back lot. There is also the fire danger posed by other tenants in the Acoma Street building, for even if Alcor is careful about fire risks, others in the building with a more casual attitude towards their lives and property may not be. Basically the cryotransport project requires us to consider and deal with risks that people resigned to their mortality wouldn't bother with. Relocating the patients to a more secure facility should be a high priority for Alcor's new regime. Mark Plus _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=17526