[Cboldt]

At least 5 people have already died from carbon monoxide poisoning, and with the amount of people down here using them, there will no doubt be more.

There was a huge spike of CO poisoning up here in the ice storm of '98. Very sad. And given the odd "out of electricity" circumstance, the usual media campaign isn't effective.

[Howlin]

Nita, thanks for posting that. It makes me sick every single time I hear of another person dying from CO because that can be prevented. We learned that the hard way.

A newer worry is people burning charcoal in confined spaces or a fireplace; it too releases carbon monoxide.

I know I am hard about CO detector -- regardless of what kind of gas is used -- and at times I am irrational about it; I just don't want what happened to our family to happen to anybody else.