A friend just sent me a link to a red hot horror story:
Las Vegas hotel guests left with severe burns from ‘death ray’ caused by building’s design
Guests at a new hotel in Las Vegas have complained of receiving severe burns from a ‘death ray’ of sunlight caused by the unique design of the building.
Due to the concave shape of the Vdara hotel, the strong Nevada sun reflects off its all-glass front and directly onto sections of the swimming pool area below.
The result has left some guests with burns from the powerful rays and even plastic bags have been recorded as melting in the heat.
Chicago attorney Bill Pintas felt the power of the dangerous ray first hand last week.
‘It felt like I had a chemical burn. I couldn’t imagine why my head was burning,’ he said.
‘Within 30 seconds, the back of my legs were burning. My first though was, ‘Jesus, they destroyed the ozone layer!’
Gordon Absher, a spokesman for MGM Resorts, which owns the Vdara hotel, said they was aware of the issue and designers were working with resort staff to come up with a solution.
Maybe they could charge the guests for the extra energy.
Whether it’s truly a “death ray” is debatable. If it is, then holding a magnifying glass over an insect to fry it in the sun constitutes deploying a death ray. (And sunburned people are death ray victims.) I think it’s merely an example of solar power.
I remain a death ray skeptic, and I have always loved this cartoon:
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4 responses to “Solar power!”
More like a “death” spotlight as it has a beam size of 10-15 feet. And only raising the temperature by 20 degrees it is diabolical in that it slowly burns the victim in the boiling frog method since the temperature increase isn’t enough to cause the victim to jump out of the spotlight. But really, a death ray that can be foiled by a thicker umbrella? Is this from The Avengers?
The hotel should just put in an exclusion zone that tracks the spotlight and charge extra for guest to use the speed tanning area.
Well, now they know how ants and plastic army men feel.
does the tanning bed tax apply here?
The above commenters have made my day with a hearty LOL.