Helen stepped outside her front door to see what the weather was like.
It was sunny and warm. That was nice, because for the past two weeks it
had been cold and rainy. It had been so cold that she had had to turn
her heater on. She was lucky, because her heater worked and she could
pay her heating bills.
Some people in Los Angeles were not so lucky. Unable to use their home
heater, they placed charcoal into a barbecue grill and lit it. The heat
kept them warm, but the carbon monoxide killed them.
This happens almost every winter in Los Angeles. People shut all the
windows tight to keep the cold out, then light the charcoal. Soon
enough, the oxygen in their home is consumed by the open flames. The
family suffocates to death.
Everyone knows that smoke detectors are required in Los Angeles. But
many people don't know about, or don't think they need, carbon monoxide
detectors. They're not expensive. A $25 investment can save a family
from death.
People always think that nothing bad will happen to them; it always
happens to "the other guy." So they forget to put fresh batteries into
their smoke detectors annually, and they don't bother to buy carbon
monoxide detectors.
Source : eslfast.com
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