Wednesday, February 16, 2011

February 16, 2011

In times of change learners inherit the earth; while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists.” Eric Hoffer (1902-1983)

Six People Sickened By Carbon Monoxide In Sheraden
WPXI Pittsburgh
PITTSBURGH -- Three children and three adults were taken to the hospital after they were sickened by carbon monoxide Wednesday morning, police said. Emergency workers were called to a home on Huxley Street in Sheraden at about 1:00 am. ...

Second carbon monoxide leak detected in week at city school
Baltimore Sun
One student was hospitalized after the second carbon monoxide leak in one week at a Baltimore school, and school officials said they will inspect every cafeteria kitchen appliance in that school to protect against further leaks. ...

Snow College students evacuated for possible carbon monoxide poisoning
Deseret News
SANPETE COUNTY — A girl fainted and fell from possible carbon monoxide poising in the Snow College Science Building Tuesday night, the Sanpete County Sheriff's Office Dispatch reported. The fainting and several students who reported feeling dizzy, ...

Apartments evacuated after carbon monoxide detected
FireEngineering.com
LIVERMORE FALLS - Firefighters evacuated one of four buildings at Livermore Falls Apartments due to a higher than normal reading of carbon monoxide gas late Sunday, fire Chief Gerry Pineau said. The cause was a malfunctioning furnace and repairs were ...

So. Bruns. warehouse workers overcome by carbon monoxide
North Brunswick Sentinel
SOUTH BRUNSWICK — Seventeen employees at a South Brunswick warehouse were overcome by carbon monoxide on Feb 12. South Brunswick police officers responded ...

FOLLOW UPMore Carbon Monoxide Detectors Coming to Saskatoon Health Region
Saskatoonhomepage.ca
300 enhanced carbon monoxide detectors have been purchased and will be installed in facilities across the Saskatoon Health Region over the next few weeks. That's in addition to the 11 which have already been installed in Humboldt's St. Mary's Villa. ...

FOLLOW UPWatsonville couple poisoned by carbon monoxide still in critical condition
San Jose Mercury News, By Donna Jones - Santa Cruz Sentinel
WATSONVILLE - A Watsonville couple sickened by carbon monoxide remained in critical condition Tuesday, according to Patsy Hernandez of the Santa Cruz Chapter of the American Red Cross. Watsonville firefighters ...

Two mass-evacuation incidents underline danger of CO
Chicago Sun-Times
Firefighters' sensors revealed the air contained more than 10 times the safe level of carbon monoxide. Fourteen ambulances converged on the scene and took 38 people to five hospitals. Five were so ill that they were held for at least one night in ...