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> doors that open inwards that become death traps with flooding Do you mean doors that open outwards? The weight/pressure of floodwater outside the door would
by EForEndeavour 3y ago
> doors that open inwards that become death traps with flooding
Do you mean doors that open outwards? The weight/pressure of floodwater outside the door would seal it shut from the outside, whereas it would eventually break open a door that opens inwards, right? Is it the violence of the breakin itself that's so dangerous with inward-opening doors?
- michaelbarton 3y agoPerhaps I'm misremembering this but IIRC the news at the time the pressure against the door from the inside made it too hard to pull open at get out.