Safety Pods Not Just For Tornados

[pastafreak]

The latest safety measure for peace of mind in American schools. Originally designed to be used when tornadoes hit, now being promoted as extra security, allowing parents to feel their children are safe. Scroll down for a photo.

// The pods serve as an excellent defense layer for schools that are concerned about the dramatic rise in school shootings in recent years, since near-absolute protection for students is available. There is no longer the need to hide in fear in closets or under desks. Finally, a safety measure that can potentially eliminate casualties is now readily available. //

https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2022/07/12/2478202/0/en/National-Safety-Shelters-Partners-With-School-District-to-Improve-School-Security-With-Safety-Pods.html

[Gromit]

Better to prevent the crime rather than making the crime more survivable.

[douglas9401]

I wonder if it's fire and gas-proof.

[sandyRoe]

A sad reflection on the times we live in. A gunman with murder in his heart could wait until the children are in the playground before opening fire. These pods wouldn't be much use then.

[ToraToraTora]

anything rather than address the actual problem. As TGM once said, the Americans will always do the right thing, once they have exhausted all other possibilities!

[Old_Geezer]

So long as they are disciplined, listen to the teacher, line up in rows, and walk calmly past the shooter to the shelter.

[Cloverjo]

God alive!

[Gromit]

They have tried armed guards at the gates.
Metal detectors at the entrances.
And now survival pods.

And the solution is staring them in the face.

[jno]

hiding under desks used to be enough to protect you when atom bombs went off

[pastafreak]

I wonder how they decide who gets in first...the smallest...the smartest...the teacher??

[pastafreak]

Jno, I seem to remember us crouching against the walls in the corridors.

[ToraToraTora]

.....probably the police judging by the last fiasco.

[Redhelen72]

They need to sort out the source of the problem!

I am on a chat site for vegas and following another shooting with a death - they have implemented metal detectors for those trying to get into the Fremont street - well people have gone loco over it and says its an infringement of their civil rights etc etc.
To which my response was - why are people bringing guns to this type of venue?

[pastafreak]

I'd think children losing their lives is a bigger infringement.

[anneasquith]

What a frightening piece of safety device. It looks like a device to keep Hannibal Lectar.

[youngmafbog]

//And the solution is staring them in the face.//

Is it, and what workable and non idealistic solution would that be then?

[youngmafbog]

As OG alludes to, these pods are pointless.

I suspect they are just there to placate parents.