Wednesday, August 24, 2011

August 24, 2011

“You will not be punished for your anger, you will be punished by your anger”.  Buddha (563 BC - 483 BC)

Hurricane Safety; use gasoline powered generators carefully!
Hazards of Gasoline Generators 

3 People & Cat Treated for Carbon Monoxide Fumes
Patch.com
Three people were rushed to local hospitals after they were exposed to carbon monoxide fumes thought to have come from a car left running in a garage. A spokesperson for Palm Harbor Fire Rescue says it happened at 6:16 pm Monday at a home at 156 ...

Takeaway owner Amman Cheema spared jail after carbon monoxide death
Kent Online
Chelsea Wright , 16, was found dead as a result of carbon monoxide poisoning at Erith Fried Chicken in Erith Road, Bexleyheath in March 2009. The faulty gas heater also left part-time worker Tom Hoyne , 19, in a critical condition. ...

City Urges Residents to Install Carbon Monoxide Detectors
Patch.com By Meredith Skrzypczak
The City of Rancho Palos Verdes on Tuesday encouraged residents to follow a new state requirement which says carbon monoxide detectors must be installed in homes with fuel burning appliances or attached garages. ...

HomeFix: Water-heater woes stem from pressure imbalance
Freeport Journal-Standard By Dwight Barnett
Q: They worked properly until about a month ago when my carbon-monoxide detector sounded. It was determined that the problem was the exhaust from the gas water heater. The water-heater flue was found to be clear but a bit short, ...

Gas leak kills six in Tajik leather factory
TVNZ
A carbon monoxide leak has killed six workers in a leather factory in Tajikistan, the Central Asian country's emergencies committee said. Four other workers of the Kukhandiz plant in the capital Dushanbe were being treated in hospital for carbon ...