Carbon monoxide deaths do happen

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Carbon monoxide deaths do happen

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A sad story from a local lake, at a busy dock near a downtown restaurant. Keep safe out there!

http://www.startribune.com/cause-of-dea ... 332132422/
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And an update - apparently there was an exhaust hole that flooded a cabin with carbon monoxide:

http://www.startribune.com/authorities- ... 333236061/
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Thanks for posting this. As new boaters in 2011, we never thought about carbon monoxide problems.
Thank the Lord, we were lucky.
Thanks to this site, we're better informed.
Please see the other thread here if you haven't yet.
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Krob1114 wrote: Wed Sep 30, 2020 9:14 am Thanks for posting this. As new boaters in 2011, we never thought about carbon monoxide problems.
Thank the Lord, we were lucky.
Thanks to this site, we're better informed.
Please see the other thread here if you haven't yet.
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We keep a hard wired Carbon Monoxide detector on board as a precaution as well.
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