Tuesday, January 24, 2012

January 24, 2012

“Take your life in your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing: no one to blame.” Erica Jong (1942,)

Carbon monoxide leak sickens Tulsa family
KRMG
By Don Bishop
A man, a woman and two children are sickened by carbon monoxide inside their home and taken to the hospital overnight. Firemen responded to a house at 12508 East 18th Street at 3:25 am Tuesday. Investigators found a natural gas leak ...

15 Treated for Carbon Monoxide Inhalation in North Lawrence
Patch.com By Stephen J. Bronner
Fifteen people were treated by local fire departments for carbon monoxide inhalation on Monday in North Lawrence after a leak was discovered at a commercial food shipping company, according to the chief of the Lawrence-Cedarhurst ...

Faulty gas heaters blamed for carbon monoxide that triggered Bridgewater ...
The Patriot Ledger By Amy Carboneau
Firefighters evacuated more than 40 people from a building on First Street Monday after carbon monoxide levels from faulty gas heaters soared, Deputy Fire Chief Tom Levy said. Carbon monoxide numbers were found to be in the hundreds.

Carbon monoxide leak injures woman
MyFox Tampa Bay
What was thought to be a gas leak turned out to be carbon monoxide. Firefighters say they found elevated levels of the colorless, odorless gas inside the single story duplex. The victim, who authorities decline to identify, lives alone and was ...

High levels of carbon monoxide found in home
Leavenworth Times By John Richmeier
Firefighters found “a lot” of carbon monoxide over the weekend at a Leavenworth residence, a Fire Department spokesman said. The problem was reported at 5:58 am Sunday at 3537 Tudor Drive. “They had a CO detector going off,” ...

Carbon Monoxide Detector Saves Family of 8
Patch.com By Patch Staff
A recently installed carbon monoxide alarm saved a Roseville family Jan. 18 after the alarm sounded and the family evacuated their home on Vernon Oaks Drive. When Roseville Firefighters arrived on scene, they found the family of eight ...

Livestock identified as having biggest impact on global warming - even more ...
Daily Mail
The animals play a major role in the emission of methane - a gas with a much more lethal impact on global warming than the usual suspect carbon dioxide. Livestock is known to release a huge amount of methane through belching and flatulence, ...