Cut them?

[carver]

You could always stay in bed forever, if you sense too much danger out there! John.

yeah, although your house may not be structurally sound in the event of a natural disaster, so better worry about that too

[FROSTY:Me]

I know that whats on tv tends to be for sensationalism BUT the guys at mythbusters had a go at cutting a pig carcus in half.
They would tension up the cable then cut it and watch it flick over around the pig
They tried and they tried but no way could they do it.
even with ( I think) 35tonnes of preload the pig was bruised but no aparent broken bones.
It wasn't untill speed was introduced into the equasion that damage started to apear.

[sunhuntin]

i saw that, and have these thoughts to add.

pigs have thicker skin than humans. and dead skin reacts differently to living skin.
the same result would have been had from almost any other dead animal. only ones i can think that would have similar results to a human would be a primate, but theres not enough of them as it is.

[Ixion]

I know that whats on tv tends to be for sensationalism BUT the guys at mythbusters had a go at cutting a pig carcus in half.
They would tension up the cable then cut it and watch it flick over around the pig
They tried and they tried but no way could they do it.
even with ( I think) 35tonnes of preload the pig was bruised but no aparent broken bones.
It wasn't untill speed was introduced into the equasion that damage started to apear.

Well, if they left the pig's uniform on, I reckon that stab proof vest thing would probably bugger up y' results.

[flyingbrick]

I agree with above. There is no way those cables are going to cut through anyone from release of tension. you'd cut each cable and im betting the end would move a metre or two at most- not to mention all the post things that are on each wire which would dampen the flick.


explosives have got to be the dumbest idea ive read here - how could that be less dangerous to people than the walls themselves lol.

Freeze wire rope with liquid nitrogen and then smash with hammer.