Hi, Chris,
Thanks so much for this information. A friend of mine just got a laptop
computer for Christmas so I think I'll pass this on to him. That's so
terrible about the young man who died in a fire because his laptop computer
was on his bed. My heart goes out to his family.
Rosemarie
----- Original Message -----
From: "chris hallsworth" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 10:44 AM
Subject: [Blind-Computing] Important Laptop Safety Warning, Please Read
Hello all,
I have been encouraged to pass the following news story. This is so
tragic. I hope you don't do the same with your laptop or netbook.
You may have heard that a good friend of ours in Mequon lost their 25
year old son (Arun Gopal Ratnam) in a fire at home June 4th. This is
what happened. He graduated with MBA from University of
Wisconsin-Madison two weeks earlier and came home. Had a lunch with his
dad at home and decided to go back to to clean up his room at school.
Father told him to wait and see his mother before he goes back for a few
days. He decided to take a snooze while waiting for his mom to come home
from work.
Neighbors called 911 when they saw black smoke coming out of the house.
Their 25 year old son Arun died in the three year old house. It took
several days of investigation to find out the cause of the fire. It was
determined that the fire was caused by a lap top in the bed. When the
lap top is on the bed the cooling fan does not get air to cool the
computer and that is what caused the fire. He did not even wake up to
get out of the bed he: died of carbon monoxide.
The reason I am writing this to all of you is that I have seen all of us
using our lap top in bed. Let us all decide and make it a practice not
to do that. Risk is real. Let us make it a rule not to use lap top in
bed or put computer on bed with blankets and pillows around.
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