January 6, 2011

“Let the gentle bush dig its root deep and spread upward to split the boulder.” Carl Sandburg (1878-1967)  Happy Birthday Carl Sandburg

Carbon Monoxide keeps Beloit, WI busy in 2011
Carbon monoxide a winter threat
Beloit Daily News
As such, local officials want to remind everyone about the dangers of carbon monoxide exposure. Carbon monoxide, or CO, is a colorless and odorless gas that is the byproduct of the combustion process. Though it is always surrounding individuals in some ...

Carbon monoxide leaks into city home, sends two to hospital
Baltimore Sun By Mary Gail Hare
Two city residents were taken to an area hospital after a carbon monoxide leak in a Lake Clifton home Thursday morning, officials said. City fire and hazardous materials crews responded at 10:02 am to a home in the ...

Follow up
Records show 'extremely high' levels of carbon monoxide in Hilton Garden incident
Green Bay Press Gazette
A carbon monoxide incident that sent several people to the hospital from a Green Bay hotel involved “extremely high” levels and prompted a “room-by-room search,” records show. The Green Bay Fire Department has released public reports on an incident ...

Bronx Building Evacuated Over Carbon Monoxide Concerns
NBC New York
Firefighters initially responded to 2320 Bronx Park East for an electrical fire, but remain on the scene as they investigate high carbon monoxide levels there. Utility crews have also responded, as a power outage has affected the building, ...

Family pain turns into NY law to prevent more
Carbon monoxide a dangerous, silent killer
Corning Leader
Amanda died as the result of carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning – she and her friend slept near a faulty boiler. Her friend was poisoned but survived. Sadly, Amanda's case is not uncommon. Hundreds of people die every year in the US as the result of CO ...

Four die of carbon monoxide poisoning
Times of India
A source said the cause of death was carbon monoxide poisoning, which leads to death within a very short span of time due to high levels of CO in an enclosed area. According to the source, the bodies were discovered by the manager of the stadium at ...

Follow up articles
Ottawa family OK after carbon monoxide scare
CBC.ca
A carbon monoxide detector can be thanked for saving the lives of an Ottawa family of four after a late night scare Thursday. Paramedics responded around 11:44 pm when a carbon monoxide alarm went off in a home on David Drive, just off Meadowlands ...

Woman, girl recover from carbon monoxide poisoning
Monitor
A woman and a young girl were listed in fair condition Thursday after being overcome — city officials suspect by carbon monoxide — in a Rockwell Manor apartment a day earlier. Josefina Alaniz, 62, remains at Valley Baptist Medical Center in ...

Tragic victims of carbon monoxide poisoning returned to UK
Irish Independent By Greg Harkin
The bodies of the father and his two children who died tragically in their home from carbon monoxide poisoning a week before Christmas have been returned to England for burial. Trevor Wallwork (50) and his children, Kim (12) and Harry ...