[Pete]

Using a long rope Butera had taken with them to the attic, they tied themselves together

From what I can tell, this is a very bad idea. If the rope gets caught, everyone drowns. This happended in the Galveston hurricane where three nuns and 19 orphans drown when the water rose. In Katrina, 22 people were found dead - tied together with a rope.

[antiRepublicrat]

From what I can tell, this is a very bad idea.

Ropes are a good idea, if you have a knife.