http://www.borderwatch.com.au/archives/5231 Regional newspaper serving Mount Gambier and the Limestone Coast Thu, 04 Mar 2010 23:17:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://www.borderwatch.com.au/archives/5231/comment-page-1#comment-6344 Robert Stewart Sun, 08 Nov 2009 05:33:16 +0000 http://www.borderwatch.com.au/?p=5231#comment-6344 There is more to it than political warnings. As a Heavy Engineering and Environmental Risk Engineer for 22 years I suggest that anyone considering such a safety pod "that would not be affected if the house fell on it" talk to their fire insurance underwriter who has more information and experience than anyone of the risks associated with any protective measures where you live and whether they would accept the liability for any loss.. I have already described the death of a mother and her two children who jumped into the swimming pool -not from drowning but asphyxiated from lack of oxygen. A "concrete tank and the oxygen sucked out of it " Come now, Mr. Pegler so where is the rest of the oxygen, outside of the tank? There is more to it than political warnings. As a Heavy Engineering and Environmental Risk Engineer for 22 years I suggest that anyone considering such a safety pod “that would not be affected if the house fell on it” talk to their fire insurance underwriter who has more information and experience than anyone of the risks associated with any protective measures where you live and whether they would accept the liability for any loss.. I have already described the death of a mother and her two children who jumped into the swimming pool –not from drowning but asphyxiated from lack of oxygen. A “concrete tank and the oxygen sucked out of it ” Come now, Mr. Pegler so where is the rest of the oxygen, outside of the tank?

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