Carbon Monoxide awareness
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Carbon Monoxide awareness
In light of the Iowa family that died in Mexico a few weeks back (likely due to carbon monoxide from a faulty heater https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/crime-and-courts/2018/03/26/hot-water-heater-gas-stove-cause-gas-leak-killed-iowa-family-says-relative-mexico/457778002/ ), I decided to start carrying a plug-in carbon monoxide detector. It only costs 20-30$ and easily fits in my flight bag. I was only recently made aware of how many hotels have gas powered water heaters/furnaces, and it seemed like a small investment to guard against dying in my sleep at a crappy best western in the middle of nowhere. It doesn't take a large leak to start affecting you, and if you're asleep you won't be aware it's happening.
I try to not be paranoid about this kind of thing but it's cheap insurance. Recently several kids at a hotel pool party in my home town died from CO poisoning. Just wanted to remind everybody that this isn't an extremely uncommon event and it's very easy to guard against.
I try to not be paranoid about this kind of thing but it's cheap insurance. Recently several kids at a hotel pool party in my home town died from CO poisoning. Just wanted to remind everybody that this isn't an extremely uncommon event and it's very easy to guard against.
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Exactly. And I was shocked to find that many states don't require hotels to install carbon monoxide alarms, or they aren't required in every room (which means if you're in a room far from the detector you can be dead long before the alarm goes off.)
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I remember one place years ago that had a small gas water heater in the closet. I turned that all the way off at night.
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It's not just furnaces, it's water heaters too. Not to mention the handful of third world states in the US.
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