If you are on the 40th floor in a burning building. Provided that you only have a thick mattress. Will you wrap yourself with the mattress and jump down or will you first throw the mattress down and aim for the mattress? Survival Skills??
2006-08-18 07:38:33 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Other - Health
I would wrap ................. cause you never know if you jump after it you might miss!!!
2006-08-18 07:44:55 · answer #1 · answered by ♥ Raptors Fan 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Damn a mattress isnt going to provide enough support or cushioning to really help you survive the 40th floor, but if that is your only option its better to jump and see if you survive.
crazy question :)
what would you do?
2006-08-18 07:44:26 · answer #2 · answered by friskygimp 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends, if you have terrible coordination, I'd wrap myself with the mattress, otherwise, I'd jump on to it.
But you couldn't survive a 400 foot fall even with a matress, so I'd take the stairs, even of fire was blocking the way.
2006-08-18 07:44:45 · answer #3 · answered by Dr. Z. 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Probably throw and jump. Don't know if I could hold on to a thick mattress, Mine is a king size:)
2006-08-18 07:51:49 · answer #4 · answered by guccigirl01 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It would be kind of hard to wrap yourself in a mattress- don't you think? It would be kind of hard to throw it down and aim for it- don't you think?
Let us know how that turns out for you :)
2006-08-18 07:45:10 · answer #5 · answered by Amy P 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Rediculous question.
Just move to a higher floor or the roof. There's only been three highrise building collapses in history as a result of fire, and they all occured on the same day. Move to a higher location and wait for the fire department. There's no reason to jump.
2006-08-18 07:46:14 · answer #6 · answered by shorebreak 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
neither one. By the time you hit the ground you are traveling at 160mph. No little mattress is going to save you from that (rate of a falling body, 32Ft/sec^2. do the math)
2006-08-18 07:45:19 · answer #7 · answered by April 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Jumping is out of the question...head for the stairs, down to the ground or up to the roof and wait it out
2006-08-18 09:10:37 · answer #8 · answered by FlaTiger 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i would try to wrap myself in the mattress...which would seem to be very hard since they dont wrap perfectly. but thats what i would do.
2006-08-18 07:45:07 · answer #9 · answered by pimpila 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would not do that . . . You are likely to injure yourself or kill yourself no matter how you do it. . . I would recommend another escape plan. . .
Look for a way to get down further
-stairs
-rope/cable
-another building nearby
-tree
- fireman with big catch thing
2006-08-18 07:48:55 · answer #10 · answered by kevin arnold 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ask me to jump a 40th floor building? no way. i would already die of heart attack before i reaches the ground. its too high.
2006-08-18 07:51:49 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋