FYI: On the Cougarboard Hierarchy of Sins and Punishments

[Indy Coug]

Sorry. It's a Friday and I'm recovering from 3 hours sleep and a near-miss with carbon monoxide poisoning.

[MikeWaters]

heater?

[Indy Coug]

5AM this morning, I awoke to a sound of loud beeping. I had no idea what it was. I went downstairs and eventually found an unmounted Carbon Monoxide detector lying on top of our fridge beeping (I didn't even realize we had one here, and I kept meaning to check on that to make sure we did).

There was a noxious smell in the kitchen, so we got the kids dressed and put in the van and I called 911. Turns out, our new furnace had been fitted to burn natural gas instead of propane. That caused it to burn poorly and left a lot of bad exhaust. On top of that, the installers opened our basement windows while they were putting the furnace in and didn't close them up afterwards. Because basements tend to be cold in the winter, it never occurred to me that it might be TOO cold, so I never checked to see if the windows were closed.

We had a very windy night and all the exhaust got blown right back into the basement. The fire department said our CO levels were extremely high in the basement and beyond safe levels elsewhere. It could have been a lot worse, I guess.

[MikeWaters]

Yikes. I know a guy whose sister got CO poisoning while living in Provo. Led to her leaving BYU, and thereafter leaving all connection to the church. I'm not sure if she suffered permanent effects.

[Jeff Lebowski]

Originally Posted by Indy Coug

5AM this morning, I awoke to a sound of loud beeping. I had no idea what it was. I went downstairs and eventually found an unmounted Carbon Monoxide detector lying on top of our fridge beeping (I didn't even realize we had one here, and I kept meaning to check on that to make sure we did).

There was a noxious smell in the kitchen, so we got the kids dressed and put in the van and I called 911. Turns out, our new furnace had been fitted to burn natural gas instead of propane. That caused it to burn poorly and left a lot of bad exhaust. On top of that, the installers opened our basement windows while they were putting the furnace in and didn't close them up afterwards. Because basements tend to be cold in the winter, it never occurred to me that it might be TOO cold, so I never checked to see if the windows were closed.

We had a very windy night and all the exhaust got blown right back into the basement. The fire department said our CO levels were extremely high in the basement and beyond safe levels elsewhere. It could have been a lot worse, I guess.

That's scary. Glad everyone is OK.

I almost died as a baby from CO poisoning. (so my mother tells me).

[Indy Coug]

Originally Posted by MikeWaters

Yikes. I know a guy whose sister got CO poisoning while living in Provo. Led to her leaving BYU, and thereafter leaving all connection to the church. I'm not sure if she suffered permanent effects.

Remember when Vincent Xanthos and his wife were seriously messed up from chronic CO poisoning? (Now I have this thread back to football)

http://www.cougarblue.com/print.php?sid=2777

[jay santos]

Originally Posted by Indy Coug

5AM this morning, I awoke to a sound of loud beeping. I had no idea what it was. I went downstairs and eventually found an unmounted Carbon Monoxide detector lying on top of our fridge beeping (I didn't even realize we had one here, and I kept meaning to check on that to make sure we did).

There was a noxious smell in the kitchen, so we got the kids dressed and put in the van and I called 911. Turns out, our new furnace had been fitted to burn natural gas instead of propane. That caused it to burn poorly and left a lot of bad exhaust. On top of that, the installers opened our basement windows while they were putting the furnace in and didn't close them up afterwards. Because basements tend to be cold in the winter, it never occurred to me that it might be TOO cold, so I never checked to see if the windows were closed.

We had a very windy night and all the exhaust got blown right back into the basement. The fire department said our CO levels were extremely high in the basement and beyond safe levels elsewhere. It could have been a lot worse, I guess.

glad to hear everyone's ok. one of my scariest moments was being awoken like that with a smoke alarm in a smoky house, ran downstairs and the kitchen was partially ablaze but we were able to put it out. wife left a candle on.

[BlueK]

making a non-offensive post within a thread that was later determined to be illegal: 7 days.

[ewth8tr]

Originally Posted by jay santos

glad to hear everyone's ok. one of my scariest moments was being awoken like that with a smoke alarm in a smoky house, ran downstairs and the kitchen was partially ablaze but we were able to put it out. wife left a candle on.

After my first son was born, my mother in law was staying with us for a little while to help out my wife. I was taking a shower and she had tried to turn the oven on to preheat it, but accidently turned on a burner instead which had a wicker basket on it. My wife bust into the bathroom screaming about a fire in the kitchen and I run out, completely naked grabbing the fire extinguisher along the way and put the fire out. That was pretty damn awkward as soon as the fire was out and I realized I was compleatly naked and covered in soap standing in front of my mother in law.

[non sequitur]

Originally Posted by ewth8tr

After my first son was born, my mother in law was staying with us for a little while to help out my wife. I was taking a shower and she had tried to turn the oven on to preheat it, but accidently turned on a burner instead which had a wicker basket on it. My wife bust into the bathroom screaming about a fire in the kitchen and I run out, completely naked grabbing the fire extinguisher along the way and put the fire out. That was pretty damn awkward as soon as the fire was out and I realized I was compleatly naked and covered in soap standing in front of my mother in law.

So did your mother in law turn to your wife, wink and giver her a thumbs up?