• vexikron@lemmy.zip
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    9 months ago

    House or apartment, make sure carbon monoxide detectors are installed NEAR GROUND LEVEL.

    So many slumlords do not even give a fuck, and many homeowners think they are just some other kind of smoke detector.

    EDIT: bus_factor has pointed out to me that this is actually a common misperception. CO actually more or less evenly dissipates in a room and does not settle near the floor.

    https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21536403/

    Im now going to think about my life choices that lead me to this moment, and more importantly:

    Go out for a breath of fresh air =P

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      9 months ago

      My stepdaughter at 12 years old accidentally bumped into our gas stove and turned on one of the gas burners and then went to bed. Our cat came into the bedroom and started howling at 2AM and woke us up, alerting us to the smell.

      Little dude saved our lives. The whole house was filled with gas.