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17 poisoned by suspected CO leak near Va. Tech
MSNBC & AP ^
| 08/18/2007
| staff
Posted on 08/19/2007 4:12:33 PM PDT by combat_boots
Two students, 15 others hospitalized on day shooting memorial dedicated
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: blacksburg; tech; va; vatech; virginia; virginiatech
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To: combat_boots
On the day the memorial is dedicated. Synchronicity/coincidence.
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posted on
08/19/2007 4:13:58 PM PDT
by
combat_boots
(She lives! 22 weeks, 9.5 inches. Go, baby, go!)
To: combat_boots
To: HokieMom
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posted on
08/19/2007 4:16:46 PM PDT
by
RDTF
(Republicans believe every day is July 4th, but Democrats believe every day is April 15th. - Reagan)
To: combat_boots
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posted on
08/19/2007 4:23:45 PM PDT
by
Jaysun
(It's outlandishly inappropriate to suggest that I'm wrong.)
Yes. Hard. Students are back and school is starting. Then this. Must be difficult all the way around.
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posted on
08/19/2007 4:26:49 PM PDT
by
combat_boots
(She lives! 22 weeks, 9.5 inches. Go, baby, go!)
To: All
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posted on
08/19/2007 4:31:02 PM PDT
by
Cindy
To: RDTF
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posted on
08/19/2007 4:35:33 PM PDT
by
HokieMom
To: combat_boots
Man...VT’s really getting slammed this year. Prayers for those affected and their families.
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posted on
08/19/2007 4:40:00 PM PDT
by
G8 Diplomat
(From my fist to Harry Reid's face)
To: combat_boots
> carbon monoxide leak
A CO Leak? We pipe that stuff around?
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posted on
08/19/2007 4:43:58 PM PDT
by
krb
(If you're not outraged, people probably like having you around.)
To: krb
This is either Divine recognition of the event, a la the 911 pick 3 from the NY lottery in 2001, or umm. Well? Anywaym it must be difficult for the students and their parents.
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posted on
08/19/2007 4:48:52 PM PDT
by
combat_boots
(She lives! 22 weeks, 9.5 inches. Go, baby, go!)
To: combat_boots
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posted on
08/19/2007 4:49:43 PM PDT
by
combat_boots
(She lives! 22 weeks, 9.5 inches. Go, baby, go!)
To: combat_boots
Could be that some dumb-ass left a still-burning charcoal grill inside overnight.
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posted on
08/19/2007 4:51:46 PM PDT
by
krb
(If you're not outraged, people probably like having you around.)
To: AppyPappy
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posted on
08/19/2007 4:54:49 PM PDT
by
SE Mom
(Proud mom of an Iraq war combat vet -Fred'08)
To: krb
It comes out of millions of automobiles every day. Its also a preferred form of suicide; odorless, painless, and no mess. Start the ole car in the garage and stretch out on a lawn chair, then peacefully fall asleep and ruin the lives of your loved ones.
That said, these people should be OK. CO will leave nausea, vomiting, and one hell of a headache, but if you have a headache after breathing it that's a good thing. No head ache, bad thing, because that usually means you're dead.
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posted on
08/19/2007 5:01:14 PM PDT
by
yooper
(If you don't know where you're going, any road will take you there......)
To: combat_boots
CO being carbon monoxide, for those who didn’t do so well in chemistry class.
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posted on
08/19/2007 5:03:53 PM PDT
by
theDentist
(Qwerty ergo typo : I type, therefore I misspelll.)
To: yooper
Ok, it comes out of cars, but that isn’t a CO leak.
They said it is a leak. Where are we collecting or piping CO that leaked?
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posted on
08/19/2007 5:03:55 PM PDT
by
krb
(If you're not outraged, people probably like having you around.)
To: yooper
While I’m on the subject, will our east coast libs who want to ban guns because of the Korean now want to ban cars or other CO emitters because of this incident? After all, its not the Korean’s fault, its the gun’s fault. Can we now apply the same logic to the source of the CO? It must be the car’s fault, right? Or the furnace’s, or the grill’s, or the space heater’s, or whatever the source of this was?
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posted on
08/19/2007 5:06:02 PM PDT
by
yooper
(If you don't know where you're going, any road will take you there......)
To: krb
“Ok, it comes out of cars, but that isn’t a CO leak.”
Sorry to be so slow on the uptake. A leak. CO in a pipe. I get it now. You are absolutely right. This is a great point, and a flaw in the story.
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posted on
08/19/2007 5:06:17 PM PDT
by
combat_boots
(She lives! 22 weeks, 9.5 inches. Go, baby, go!)
To: krb
Any exhaust port on campus is a likely suspect. I would look at back-up generators, laboratory exhaust hoods, heating systems, etc.
The fact that this many people got sick leads me to believe that they were in an enclosed environment where such a port was present. I haven't actually read the MSNBC story yet, but I'm going there now.
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posted on
08/19/2007 5:10:19 PM PDT
by
yooper
(If you don't know where you're going, any road will take you there......)
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