I was looking at an escape kit I decided to put together 4 years before Sept 11 for my wife who worked in a high-rise office. The kit consists of a climbing grade nylon belt and buckle, 50m of spectra cord, gloves, a hammer, some tubular webbing and a 2 carabieners.
The spectra cord is attached to the webbing with a carabiener the webbing is wrapped around a strong anchor. Break out the window (you may include a automatic centerpunch this is good for popping tempered glass and will crack most glass) put down some edge protection to protect the rope (your suit coat will work nicely). Attach a carabiener to the rope and rappel to safety. Rappelling is safe if you are properly trained and have practiced with your equipment. Spectra is fire resistant but not fire proof. Not as romantic as the executive escape parachutes but much easier to use and affordable.


ALWAYS PLAN AND KNOW YOUR ESCAPE ROUTE


It looks like I have really hosed my SD card and have ordered a MMC card for my Zaurus. The SD card might be saved by a low level formatter but I don't have such a program.

I bought a "Travel Smart" Smart Lock for $5.00 it appears to be a cheap way to lock a room that you are in and deny access to others holding the room key while you are inside. It appears that with a little effort this lock could be forced open but the burglar would make some noise in the process.


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