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What is the ten-story rule?

Panel 1: At the top left of a horizontal panel is the question, “What is the ten-story rule?” At the left of the panel are the words, “As I began gathering long-fall survival stories, it soon became clear that I needed to set a minimum fall distance.” In the center of the panel, a painter in a long-sleeved shirt, dark pants, and dark shoes falls off of a ladder. His hat flies off his head and his paint brush and can topple in mid-air. A white dog with a collar barks from a second-story window at a squirrel on the roof. The squirrel has an acorn in its left paw. A long-haired woman in a dark, short-sleeved shirt reacts in horror as she sees the man fall, presumably after being surprised by the barking of the dog. To the right of the panel are the words, “Otherwise, someone falling a relatively short distance, say off of a two-story roof or a ladder, could argue that they should be included.” Panel 2: At the left of this square panel are the words, “While these short-fall survival stories are amazing and potentially life-changing, they pale in comparison to the stories of folks who have fallen thousands of feet.” To the right of this text, the painter continues his fall into some bushes. Panel 3: A graphic at the left of this panel shows a gorilla similar to King Kong standing on top of a grid resembling a building. To the left of the grid are the words “100 feet.” Vertical arrows indicate that this is the height of the building. To the right of the grid are the numbers one to ten in ascending order next to the word “stories.” At the right of the panel are the words, “100 feet seemed reasonable as a minimum, so that’s what I chose. Each floor in a high-rise is about ten feet, which sets the limit for buildings at ten stories.” This cartoon is part of a series called Falling. It is written and drawn by Jim Hamilton who can be found on Instagram at Green Harbor Publications (all one word, greenharborpublications).

Published On: March 10, 2025

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