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From: Tom Matthews <>
Newsgroups: sci.cryonics
Subject: Re: CRYONICS RESEARCH
Date: Tue, 16 Sep 1997 19:41:16 -0700
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Joseph J. Strout wrote:

> In article <>,  (Leo
> Safyan) wrote:
 
> >If you have any information at all on the following:
> >
> >        -  issues of site selection;  seismic factors?
 
> Some folks downplay seismic danger, but I think it's quite real.  Cryonics
> facilities need to be stable for a long time, so avoid building near fault
> lines (read: avoid California and Japan!).

If the are other important factors (such as a lower price of liquid
nitrogen), facilities can be "hardened" for the particular kind of
potential earthquake situation, and thereby made totally safe 

> >        -  airport accessability?
 
> This is pretty important, though not vital; by the time a cryonics patient
> is in an airplane, they should be fairly stable anyway.  An extra hour
> driving time won't make that much difference.

You have it backwards, Joe. The time for getting the field team and
their supplies to the dying patient is *very* critical. 

> >        -  abandoned missile silos?
> >        -  mines?  other underground structures?
 
> Again, what's the point?  A building on the corner will be far more
> convenient than some abandoned underground dungeon.

This depends on whether you are talking about the medical suspension or
the storage. For the initial cryopreservation operation, you are
correct. However, an out of the way totally secure place (like an
abandoned Colorado railroad tunnel) would be great for the long-term
storage part of the operation. You realy don't want it underground
because of flooding possibilities.
 
--Tom 
Tom Matthews
 
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