By RICHARD A. OPPEL Jr.
Published: December 25, 2013
...In Maine and Vermont, (click here) where state authorities described the ice storm as the worst since 1998, there were no deaths from falling tree limbs or fallen power lines. But each state reported one death from carbon monoxide from a generator run after power was lost.
The authorities reported a similar fatality in Michigan, and at least five people in eastern Canada were reported to have died from carbon monoxide poisoning. Many others in those places who used generators or grills to heat homes also fell ill from the toxic, but odorless, gas....
The generators need to have a label, but, ovens and grills are one of those strange alternatives by desperate folks. So, the label on generators won't end all the dangers.
The generators need to have a label, but, ovens and grills are one of those strange alternatives by desperate folks. So, the label on generators won't end all the dangers.
