OT: [Gllug] Offsite Tape Storage

[Vincent AE Scott]

John Hearns(john.hearns at cern.ch)@Tue, Sep 03, 2002 at 03:54:44PM +0200:
> 
> And burn your hands on the hot metal :-)
> 
> For those that haven't met them, fire safes are made of steel around a
> layer of cork. I believe the theory is that the cork chars at the high
> heat of  a fire, protecting the contents. 
> That's the same reason why radioactive sources travel in cork-lined
> containers - if the car or whatever catches fire, the cork layer should
> give protection.
> 
> ps. I'm not dead certain that cork is used in fire safes - we had two
> for backup tapes in my last job, and I think they had cork in.

sawdust and water are also used.

for some interesting safe history, cast your eyes over:

 http://www.timhunkin.com/94_illegal_engineering.htm


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