As the title says. I saw Resident Evil Afterlife last night and had a few myths i was wondering about. First being the shotgun and quarters myth. But that was already submitted and debated. I did not find one about the elevator fall.

It shows a few of the survivors getting into an elevator. The power is out and the hero throws and explosive on top of it which blows a wheel off. The elevator starts to fall and the bottom of the shaft is full of water and everyone inside lives. I wanna know dang it! haha

Anyone else a mythbuster fan?

 

oooh. That doesn't sound like a good outcome. Water is like concrete at high speed the the more surface area the harder the impact. lol

 

death would be immanent

 

I'm going to have to agree. Water is not kind with speed.

 

they did a mythbusters about jumping right before an elevator impacted.

It didn't work.

 

Yeah i know water is just like concrete from a distance and it would be proven wrong. I would still like to see it though. haha

 

Humans can survive a fall from at least 9 stories in an elevator. I can't remember the show, maybe "Worst case scenario" where somebody actually tested it from 9 stories, and walked out.

Remember elevators will hardly ever be in freefall. Even if the cables break there are still guide rails and other frictional forces. They will not be falling as fast as many think.

 

Hey fenatic....why don't you go try it, take your video camera inside...also have a buddy tape from outside and post the results in sights and sounds? good luck!

 

Lifts don't fall. It's all myth. They have so many safety devices it would have to be an act of highly technical vandalism to cause a lift to fall down the lift shaft. You've got far more chance of seeing the pope taking a waz during mass.

I can vouch for the concrete properties of water at speed.
I came off the back of a jet ski at about 70 MPH. Went in feet first and by the time I was waist deep I'd stopped so fast that I smashed my rib cage into the water in front of me and mashed my chest up bad. Ribs sticking out like a badly built bonfire.
Took me ages to recover from that. I have a **** load more respect for the physical properties of water now. You just don't wanna go there.

 

Sounds like someone didnt get their afternoon nap! Lol