Make Sure You Have Carbon Monoxide Alarms

Early this morning I was woken from a really good dream by the sound of my phone texts going off. I have my phone silenced for everyone except for Carter. When it kept going off I was quickly awake and looked to see six messages from her.

She and Claire are visiting Claire’s parents and they awoke to five alarms going off in their house and the fire engines arriving. Turns out a golf cart that was plugged in emitted something that made the alarms go off.

I am so thankful that Claire’s parents have a good monitoring system and it kept them all safe. I am sure no one was happy about being awake at 5:30 in the morning, but thank goodness they were.

Please check that you have CO monitors along with your smoke alarms. They need to be loud to wake you because Carbon Monoxide can disorient you before it takes you out all together.

With houses being more energy efficient there is no place for carbon monoxide to escape. Stay alive and get out if your alarm ever goes off, that is as long as you have one.