Re: Home safety: virus v. carbon monoxide

[Guest guest]

WOW! I know that we used to have one and it only went off one time with

the word 'high' displayed and I called to check on it and see if we

would be ok and it turned out that we were and it was probably just

going out and I have not had one since then.

Cassie

Schulman wrote:

> I just read this post from a friend and thought it was important to share:

>

> " My parent's furnace has been acting up. Their thermostat was set

> on Monday morning and the heater kicked on. My mom said she heard a

> horribly loud " thunk " . Then a strange alarm began sounding. She knew

> it wasn't the smoke alarms but had

> no clue what it could be. So, she called the fire department. The

> firemen told my mom the alarm was her carbon monoxide detector on the

> furnace. Then they checked the house and found it had toxic levels of

> carbon monoxide.

>

> My mom has been sick for a week with the flu. The firemen told her

> she probably didn't have the flu because carbon monoxide poisoning has

> classic flu like symptoms.

>

> My parents had no clue their furnace even had a carbon monoxide

> detector. Thank God it did or they may have died. You can purchase a

> carbon monoxide detector for your home from any place like Home Depot

> or Lowes. They sell models that just plug

> into any outlet and sell for around $15. If you don't have a carbon

> monoxide detector in your house, please consider purchasing one. It

> could save your life. I know it saved my parents " .

>

>

> mom to CVIDer

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 4/19/2006 4:22:36 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,

dietdoc@... writes:

They sell models that just plug

into any outlet and sell for around $15. If you don't have a carbon

monoxide detector in your house, please consider purchasing one. It could save

your

life. I know it saved my parents " .

Thank you . I'm glad your parents are okay.

Janet, mom to Brittany CVID age 15