It suddenly struck me while reading about more town hall meetings today that a very large number of the reports, both in the press and by attendees, make mention of doors being locked.  Now, we're usually talking about public meeting spaces, such as auditoriums and the like.  Generally, there's a passing mention of people trying to get in, only to find that they're locked out. 

Here's my random thought - isn't locking the doors a fire code violation?  I'm quite serious in asking that question.  From what I vaguely recall, some doors can be locked but there has to be some type of open emergency access.  Please note I am not in any possible way saying, implying, condoning, hoping, etc. that there's a fire at one of these events.  In fact, I'm horrified at the concept that there could be.  But fire codes are designed for exactly these situations, large numbers of people in contained spaces.  So there's my questions, in an attempt to keep people out, are the organizers improperly locking people in?

No, it's not a huge point but I think it does bring up the lack of attention to detail that's a hallmark of this entire mess. 

Posted by: alexthechick at 09:05 AM | Comments (5) | Add Comment
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