Saturday, March 3, 2012

March 3, 2012

“Regrets are idle; yet history is one long regret. Everything might have turned out so differently.” Charles Dudley Warner (1829-1900, bio link)

Marshfield High School reopens after water heater repaired
Wicked Local
Utility workers discovered Thursday that one of the school's water heaters was producing carbon monoxide due to a problem with the combustion mixer. The heater was fixed Thursday afternoon, Marshfield Facilities Manager Brian Adams said.

Possible carbon monoxide incident has several rushed to hospital 
CBS 21
Perry County Dispatch stated that a furnace malfunctioned, causing the carbon monoxide issue within the home. However, a man who was actually inside the apartment said that fire crews scanned the building, finding nothing. CBS 21 News will continue to ...

Neighbor Vows To Get Carbon Monoxide Detectors After Deaths
WPBF West Palm Beach
Palm Beach county sheriff's deputies are still investigating the death of an elderly West Boca Raton couple who apparently died from carbon monoxide poisoning. Neighbor Hank Epton says he lives near the couple inside the Boca Pointe Community.

Carbon monoxide poisoning: Tasteless, odorless, and deadly
WPEC
Investigators believe carbon monoxide from a running vehicle is to blame. Firefighters say they routinely respond to calls involving the deadly gas. "Usually these are about $125 dollars," said Adam Brown. Brown knows first hand how important a carbon ...

Sunshine Mine lays off 24 miners
Coeur d'Alene Press
After a sensor in a vent shaft detected carbon monoxide inside, Brisnehan said. Twelve people were underground at the time, during the evening. All were workers for an underground mining services contractor called The Redpath Group, ...

British banker and wife killed by carbon monoxide on holiday in Estonia
AOL Travel UK By Ruth Doherty 
A British banker and his wife have been killed by carbon monoxide poisoning at their holiday home in Estonia. Philip Townsend and MaryAnne were found on 24 February, and local police are treating the deaths as an accident, ...