Carbon Monoxide . A deadly , odourless , colourless gas that slowly suffocates you while you sleep or go about your everyday tasks . I have an in-law who recently suffered such poisoning over time and only became aware of it after having a blood test and it showed up low oxygen in his blood . It took him months to recover . He and his wife being OAP's were lucky to survive . Its was only luck that saved them . Also three people died last spring in a boat on a lake near where I live by the same gas , this time from a barbecue on board . So why am I banging on about this gas ?
Well yesterday a friend who was baby sitting for us had to spend the day in our house as her Carbon Monoxide alarm had gone off . You can see why she vacated her house and shut down her stove so quickly . A faulty alarm was suspected , so I lent her mine . It went off again . Not good at all , so she rang the fire station . Sensible eh ? Phew all sorted ? Er , no . In what can only be a result of our modern " perception is everything " times she received this advice ( that's a loose term ) THESE ALARMS ARE VERY SENSITIVE , TRY OPENING SOME WINDOWS AND GETTING SOME VENTILATION . Thats OK then , the alarm is over sensitive . Nothing to worry about ? I guess she will just go to sleep tonight with her family and just hope they all wake up in the morning ? What kind of attitude is this for a fire service ? You cant take chances with this gas . Whats the point of an alarm thats not taken seriously ? Is it ANY use at all ? I despair. This really is the spirit of the age . Apathy , laziness and negligence , all from our " fire service " . Pathetic and dangerous . I despair...
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