Posted on 04/06/2007 7:58:41 AM PDT by TimeLord
NEW CASTLE, Ind. - A cat helped spare a family from death by carbon monoxide poisoning by jumping on the bed and meowing wildly as fumes filled the home, the owners said. Eric and Cathy Keesling said their 14-year-old cat, Winnie, played a crucial role in saving their lives March 24 after a gasoline-powered water pump in their basement caused the odorless but deadly gas to build up. About 1 a.m., the domestic shorthair began nudging Cathy’s ear and meowing loudly. “It was a crazy meow, almost like she was screaming,” said Cathy, who hesitated to get up until Winnie’s caterwauling and jumping persisted. When she finally climbed from bed, she realized she was nauseous and dizzy and couldn’t awaken her husband. Because he had undergone minor neck surgery the previous day, she decided to call 911 but was so disoriented she had trouble dialing. Paramedics found the couple’s 14-year-old son, Michael, unconscious on the floor near his bedroom. The Keeslings were taken from the home in oxygen masks, treated for carbon monoxide poisoning and soon recovered. Cathy Keesling said Winnie acted similarly last summer when tornadoes tore through the area, 45 miles east of Indianapolis. “I really believe cats can sense these kind of things,” she said.
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That’s because your father in law always fed the cat. The cat didn’t want its food supplier to die
LOL! Exactly
cats have staff - dogs are staff
I don't know...two adults and at least one teen would be sustenance for quite some time.
Sigh. Unfortunately, my little domestic longhair would take to the hills, leaving her human family way behind! She just doesn’t like us!
I think Siamese are much more in touch with their owner’s feelings. I had one in the 1980s and he was always aware of my moods and would crawl on my lap and look at me sadly if I was crying.
Cat jokes aside, what kind of fool runs an internal combustion engine inside their home?
My friend just tells me that there is a kitten on their townhouse roof for 4 days now and all it does it cry. Can’t get down....someone thres some food up there for it but nobody has a ladder big enough. The tree it jumped up there from is far away from the roof ..it won’t go to it. Any ideas?
Gasoline-powered water pump in the basement; these people sure know how to live.
Fire department?
My cat usually GIVES me poisonous fumes. Gotta go change the litter box, now.
I’ve got three of the critters. Cats are grossly misunderstood by most people. They’re wonderful creatures.
AMEN TO THAT.....
They would charge. This is a feral cat...can’t draw attention to it...the association already had a bunch of them killed.....the neighbors don’t want that anymore.
crossbow?? slingshot??. Just kidding, I love cats. I would either call the (non-emergency number)fire department or the local animal shelter.
Tree surgeon. They have long ladders.
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