I have a question. With all that smoke, why were the fire sprinklers not triggered?

answer... they probably disabled them and locked the emergency exits as well... (c:

We were wondering that too. They had to have been disabled. The smoke was REALLY thick. They finally opened a huge garage door to get some air in and smoke out. People cheered when they opened the doors.

Ya think they would've learned from the last time.

I'm gonna invent a hat that emits a gentle current of fresh air just above my eyes, but not so much that I actually INHALE the stuff.

I'll be the one with the stupid hat at Cigarfest next year.

Andy, bring a lot of those hats. They will sell out quick. My eyes still haven't recovered.

Anyone? Anyone? Bueller? Bueller?

Maybe goggles would be easier.......and more fashionable.

We did set off the smoke alarm at the hotel bar on Saturday night.

k9

. . . .yeah, the one at the hotel was funny . . . . it was during a rather poor karoake performance, and at first, I thought it was Chuck Berris gonging him . . . .

Actually with running around the entire time at the Fest and after party, my eyes didn't burn at all!

Answer: Smoke will NEVER activate (open) a sprinkler head. Sprinkler heads are designed to be activated by heat, each head having a target temperature and flow, designed for the property type they are being installed in.

Smoke can, will, and does activate smoke detectors. Thus, the need to wake everyone up at the hotels...

(Some properties do have systems that will charge sprinler systems, in high hazard properties when smoke or an unusual rise in temperature is sensed. The Expo center did not appear to have this type of system.)

That being said, one could assume that the smoke detectors were turned off during the event.

Goggles and running.........gotcha.

next year i'd like to set up a

visene booth. i saw a couple of

prime spots for one. :o)

of course all profits would go to

OpFTH! my contribution prolly bought

a couple of stamps this year.

del

umm that was a threadjack eh?

or is a thread jack asking a question on

another person's posted question?

sorry ryan! :::extending wrists for ruler slaps:::

I think you're in trouble either way DB.

I'll be the 'cool dude' walking around in sunglasses at the fest next year, heh.

Stefan