R.I.P. Gene Hackman.

[dinglefritz]

Check your carbon monoxide detectors folks. Or get one.

sure seems likely given that she was found next to a space heater of some sort. Furnace probably died. Just one of the reasons I have an all electric house. Wood burning fireplace for super emergencies. Cost me 20 grand to put the wood burner and chimney in 18 years ago and I've never had to use it... Our electricity was out for 3 hours a couple of weeks ago with -15 temps and windchill of -30F and I was about ready to head to the farm to get some wood but the main floor of the house only got down to 67. We have boiler warmed floor heat in our lower level an that slab of concrete is amazing at retaining heat. Way too many people die from carbon monoxide. A former boss of mine and his family nearly died over Christmas about 30 years ago after burning their fireplace all day long. One of them woke up vomiting and with a headache or the whole family probably would have been dead. Their sons were there with grandkids in tow in the house and some of them were difficult to wake.

 

[dinglefritz]

pills

When you're suffering from carbon monoxide poisoning one of the first symptoms is a severe headache. They've not said what kind of pills were spilled but I would bet on Tylenol. The report saying prescription pills is suspect at best.

 

[dinglefritz]

Sounded like they were both dead a “while “ . Not sure what a while is but we will find out

News report said her hands were mummified but I wonder if they weren't just baked to a crisp from being next to a spaceheater. In any case there was some advance decomposition and they hadn't been heard from in 2 weeks so.... I doubt the drug overdose theory.

 

[mgbreis]

sure seems likely given that she was found next to a space heater of some sort. Furnace probably died. Just one of the reasons I have an all electric house. Wood burning fireplace for super emergencies. Cost me 20 grand to put the wood burner and chimney in 18 years ago and I've never had to use it... Our electricity was out for 3 hours a couple of weeks ago with -15 temps and windchill of -30F and I was about ready to head to the farm to get some wood but the main floor of the house only got down to 67. We have boiler warmed floor heat in our lower level an that slab of concrete is amazing at retaining heat. Way too many people die from carbon monoxide. A former boss of mine and his family nearly died over Christmas about 30 years ago after burning their fireplace all day long. One of them woke up vomiting and with a headache or the whole family probably would have been dead. Their sons were there with grandkids in tow in the house and some of them were difficult to wake.

Scary stuff. My wife is OCD about it. Our oldest lives in an old house with 7 guys, your typical crappy college rental house. We've preached to him about making sure there are CO2 detectors on every floor. At least he's not in the basement. He also had to listen to my lecture about how people die in Minnesota every year because they get blitzed drunk and don't make it in the house. We're a real barrel of laughs!

 

[zrob]

‘Lil Bill was one of the best movie villains of all time. Sorry to hear this news, RIP.