Miscellaneous: Today, our carbon monoxide detector started beeping. My mom started...

By eyelashess - 29/06/2011 04:10 - United States

Today, our carbon monoxide detector started beeping. My mom started freaking out and made me go stand outside so I "don't die". I stood outside for 20 minutes, it was raining and it turned out that the detector was just low on battery. FML

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By Anonymous - 12/12/2014 02:04 - United States - Yorktown

Today, I was home alone when I heard the carbon-monoxide detector beeping. Panicking, I grabbed my dog, ran out of my house as fast as I could, and waited outside for 3 hours for my mom to get home. Turned out the detector was just out of batteries. FML

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By Kelso - 06/02/2010 18:22 - United States

Today, my mother told me that the carbon-monoxide alarm went off last night, but since she didn't smell any gas, she decided to just remove the batteries and go back to bed. I had to explain to her that you can't smell carbon monoxide, and that we could have died in our sleep. FML

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By lollerskate - 16/01/2010 15:37 - United States

Today, my smoke alarm went off. In a frenzy, I called 9-1-1 and exited my house. Several minutes later a fire truck showed up. After investigating, one of the firemen informed me I needed to change the batteries in my smoke alarm. FML

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By Ashley - 14/10/2019 22:00

Today, two out of our three smoke detectors were going off. My grandpa won't call the fire department because he thinks our house will be condemned. The alarms are still going off. FML

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By Cinderella - 09/07/2017 14:55

Today, my house was so dusty that when I started to clean it, the smoke detector went off. FML

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By James - 08/02/2016 22:55 - United Kingdom - Sheffield

Today, the power in my village went out. This caused the back-up battery powered alarm to go off. Nobody in the house even knew our alarm worked, let alone how to make it stop. It's been going off for over an hour now. FML

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By Mel - 07/05/2011 22:27 - United States

Today, my fire alarm startled me so badly that I shit myself. FML

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By agstone - 09/08/2017 23:15

Today, at 2:47 am, my mom woke me up in a panic screaming about smelling gas and the house blowing up. Twenty minutes, two fire trucks, and a traumatized dog later, it was just the neighbors burning their mail. FML

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By cutthroatkait - 05/08/2014 22:44 - United States

Today, I picked up an extra shift at the store. It was also the day the store's ventilation system shut down, resulting in carbon monoxide poisoning for me and two co-workers. FML

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By wellhellothere - 17/04/2011 07:25 - United States

Today, the fire alarm went off in my dorm. Not only was it 30 degrees outside, but I was in the shower. FML

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bigmanj28 0

Wednesday 29 June 2011 11:59

Better safe than sorry

loveexgirl 15

Wednesday 29 June 2011 12:00

why did she stay inside if she was like "your gonna diee" ...

Comments

Kenya72083 0

Wednesday 29 June 2011 12:36

shld have taken an umbrella

TaylorTotsYumm 10

Wednesday 29 June 2011 13:56

Was it really too painful to type out those two extra letters? Were your little fingers too tired?

mismonroe 0

Wednesday 29 June 2011 12:53

20 minutes? Your dad must have been home also.

g_willikers24 17

Wednesday 29 June 2011 16:38

ha! I see what you did there...

nfc14 2

Wednesday 29 June 2011 18:14

Or she ducked into the neighbours

cptmorgan6 8

Wednesday 29 June 2011 21:11

Always thinking on the dirty side, mismonroe. I like.

loveuforever 0

Wednesday 29 June 2011 13:17

loveuforever 0

Wednesday 29 June 2011 13:19

Sorry my iPod went crazy on me. what I meant to say was At least she cares about you.

loveuforever 0

Wednesday 29 June 2011 13:17

heartbrakej 0

Wednesday 29 June 2011 13:22

I farted in your house, thanks.

leemurcat 5

Wednesday 29 June 2011 13:33

I'm sure she believed that there was a legitimate threat and wanted you to be safe. You're lucky you have a mother who cares about you.

gunner_lover1993 0

Wednesday 29 June 2011 13:40

yeah, battery low or not you always have to be safe with that.. I know a couple who died from that.

carrie21_xo 0

Wednesday 29 June 2011 13:47

it's sweet that ur mum didn't want you to die, but FYL for having to stand in the rain for nothing.

Jesus_Christ69 0

Wednesday 29 June 2011 20:04

it was only 20 minutes and she could've just stood under a tree for cover. I personally would way rather stay under a tree for a WHOLE WHOPPING 20 MINUTES than stay inside to slowly die from a deadly gas.

FFPulley 9

Wednesday 29 June 2011 13:54

I'm a firefighter. we tell people to change the batteries in you smoke detectors and you carbon monoxide detectors when the time changes from daylight savings. See it's easier to remember.