That's why I always pay for the extra oxygen atom. It costs a bit more, but it's worth it.

Should've stayed in the Hilton...herpes isn't fatal

Damn it. I must be in hell. Still at work and posting of FARK!

/GOD DAMN IT!!

//Like it matters now.

The dead man had failed to show up for a meeting....

What a jerk.

URAPNIS: The dead man had failed to show up for a meeting....

What a jerk.

Some people will do anything to avoid going to a meeting.

Isn't this why CO detectors are required in homes and hotels in many states?

That's not from the hotel. It's called West Virginia.

What a malfunctioning furnace might look like (new window)

Honest Bender: That's why I always pay for the extra oxygen atom. It costs a bit more, but it's worth it.

What does CO2 do for you that CO doesn't? They both displace oxygen leading to suffocation. Does CO2 displace oxygen more slowly than CO?

Wouldn't have happened if they still let you open the windows.

Authorities have evacuated a West Virginia hotel after one guest was found dead and at least four others fell sick from suspected carbon monoxide exposure.

What nonsense. Everyone knows there's no such thing as carbon monoxide. No, what we have here is a case of bad spirits in the air. I'll need 3lbs of garlic, a pitcher of water, 3 bibles (of differing translations) and a cheque for $100,000. Oh, and a beer (it's a bit dry in here).

/teach the controversy.

cgraves67: Honest Bender: That's why I always pay for the extra oxygen atom. It costs a bit more, but it's worth it.

What does CO2 do for you that CO doesn't? They both displace oxygen leading to suffocation. Does CO2 displace oxygen more slowly than CO?

Short answer: Yes.

I'm no doctor, but I think it's time for your mammogram.

As a resident of Charleston, WV, I'm getting a kick out of these replies.

mortimer_ford: That's not from the hotel. It's called West Virginia.

So, I see you've visited! Ah, the Mountain State! Come for the coalworker's pneumoconiosis, stay for the methyl isocyanate!

Express? Is that where you rent a parking space and sleep in your car?

cgraves67: Honest Bender: That's why I always pay for the extra oxygen atom. It costs a bit more, but it's worth it.

What does CO2 do for you that CO doesn't? They both displace oxygen leading to suffocation. Does CO2 displace oxygen more slowly than CO?

CO2 is more organic, but it does cause global climate change.
Hmm... Can I have my C and my O served separately?

cgraves67: Honest Bender: That's why I always pay for the extra oxygen atom. It costs a bit more, but it's worth it.

What does CO2 do for you that CO doesn't? They both displace oxygen leading to suffocation. Does CO2 displace oxygen more slowly than CO?

Long answer: The CO binds to Hemoglobin like a sumbiatch, and it wont break free when the person is returned to an O2 rich environment. It's basically a one-way deal. Serious cases of CO poisonings require hyperbaric chambers.

mortimer_ford: That's not from the hotel. It's called West Virginia.

That's why my lungs suck.

CO is a colorless, odorless gas. But it's rarely alone: usually it comes alongside very odorful gasses and you probably shouldn't ignore them.

URAPNIS: The dead man had failed to show up for a meeting....

What a jerk.

He was supposed to bring donuts.

cgraves67: Honest Bender: That's why I always pay for the extra oxygen atom. It costs a bit more, but it's worth it.

What does CO2 do for you that CO doesn't? They both displace oxygen leading to suffocation. Does CO2 displace oxygen more slowly than CO?

It is to my understanding that CO forms a more stable bond with your red blood cells, therefore it is not only displacing your oxygen when exposed to it but for a extended time after. Smokers are suppose to have a small percent CO in their blood for hours after they smoke.

Carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, over-oxygenation, radon, propane, methane, is there any gas we don't have to worry about?

Oh nitrogen, you'd never hurt me would you.

Isn't there some sort of federal requirement for carbon monoxide detectors in hotels?

cgraves67: Honest Bender: That's why I always pay for the extra oxygen atom. It costs a bit more, but it's worth it.

What does CO2 do for you that CO doesn't? They both displace oxygen leading to suffocation. Does CO2 displace oxygen more slowly than CO?

CO2 displaces oxygen and is unusable by the body, but CO has the capability of absorbing oxygen and latching on to your hemoglobin (of which it is difficult to get rid of (carbon faces out)) in metabolic processes. You'll know there's too much CO2 because your blood won't absorb it from lungs and you'll start gasping like a fish. CO sneakily latches on and you don't have the panic reaction.

Naesen: cgraves67: Honest Bender: That's why I always pay for the extra oxygen atom. It costs a bit more, but it's worth it.

What does CO2 do for you that CO doesn't? They both displace oxygen leading to suffocation. Does CO2 displace oxygen more slowly than CO?

CO2 displaces oxygen and is unusable by the body, but CO has the capability of absorbing oxygen and latching on to your hemoglobin (of which it is difficult to get rid of (carbon faces out)) in metabolic processes. You'll know there's too much CO2 because your blood won't absorb it from lungs and you'll start gasping like a fish. CO sneakily latches on and you don't have the panic reaction.

You get a smart click. I learned something new today. YAY!

BurnShrike: URAPNIS: The dead man had failed to show up for a meeting....

What a jerk.

Some people will do anything to avoid going to a meeting.

CSB incoming ...

we had a video conference, one guy on our end was running late. As we were texting him to see where he was he comes in, and does this cosmo kramer like survey of the room. he then says "can you guys smell gas? environment is looking into a possible gas leak down here". he left quickly, and the people at the other end were like "oh my is there is a gas leak you better get out". so we left. i saw the dude in the hall a half hour later, and said "that was brilliantly executed".

BurnShrike: URAPNIS: The dead man had failed to show up for a meeting....

What a jerk.

Some people will do anything to avoid going to a meeting.

I'm in a test review meeting and the only one who doesn't need an ESL class, wishing I'd stayed at that hotel last night.

I'm no psychiatrist, but subby shouldn't be talking to dead people.

Odd Bird: BurnShrike: URAPNIS: The dead man had failed to show up for a meeting....

What a jerk.

Some people will do anything to avoid going to a meeting.

I'm in a test review meeting and the only one who doesn't need an ESL class, wishing I'd stayed at that hotel last night.

I go on a brain vacation in meetings like that.

Tom Bodett is very pleased with this outcome.

Naesen: cgraves67: Honest Bender: That's why I always pay for the extra oxygen atom. It costs a bit more, but it's worth it.

What does CO2 do for you that CO doesn't? They both displace oxygen leading to suffocation. Does CO2 displace oxygen more slowly than CO?

CO2 displaces oxygen and is unusable by the body, but CO has the capability of absorbing oxygen and latching on to your hemoglobin (of which it is difficult to get rid of (carbon faces out)) in metabolic processes. You'll know there's too much CO2 because your blood won't absorb it from lungs and you'll start gasping like a fish. CO sneakily latches on and you don't have the panic reaction.

The problem with CO is that the hemoglobin (Hb) molecules in red blood cells have a higher affinity for CO than O2. As a result, even in the presence of O2, CO will stay bound to Hb. So it basically prevents those blood cells from ever carrying and delivering O2 to peripheral tissue and your tissues suffer hypoxia.

cgraves67: Honest Bender: That's why I always pay for the extra oxygen atom. It costs a bit more, but it's worth it.

What does CO2 do for you that CO doesn't? They both displace oxygen leading to suffocation. Does CO2 displace oxygen more slowly than CO?

Actually, no. CO will bond with hemoglobin more readily than O2. So you can die of CO poisoning with plenty of O2 in the air. With CO2, it has to displace the O2 and suffocate the victim.

cgraves67: What does CO2 do for you that CO doesn't? They both displace oxygen leading to suffocation. Does CO2 displace oxygen more slowly than CO?

The CO mechanism has been covered, but CO2 is also more toxic than just "oxygen displacement". Breathing a mixture of 50% oxygen, 50% CO2 would fark you up even though it has more oxygen than regular air.

jvl: CO is a colorless, odorless gas. But it's rarely alone: usually it comes alongside very odorful gasses and you probably shouldn't ignore them.

Wasn't me, it was the dog

ZackDanger: cgraves67: Honest Bender: That's why I always pay for the extra oxygen atom. It costs a bit more, but it's worth it.

What does CO2 do for you that CO doesn't? They both displace oxygen leading to suffocation. Does CO2 displace oxygen more slowly than CO?

Short answer: Yes.

CO₂ is heavier than air, therefore, the guy on the 5^th floor would not have been killed... Subsequently, the gas would have likely remained in the pool area

NutWrench: It also leaves your tissues a healthy pink color

It's also used on meat to give it a bright red "fresh" look in grocery stores. In other news, there's a website called meatblogger.org (new window).

martid4: That'll teach you for staying at some fancy hotel with a pool.

LincolnLogolas: Isn't there some sort of federal requirement for carbon monoxide detectors in hotels?

This was in the comments at the bottom of the article, posted by someone named NomadTrvlr:

"I was at that very hotel 11 days ago - they had the door from the lobby to the pool open as well as the door to the outside from the pool - so a bank of fog was rolling in. The desk clerk told me the exhaust fan wasn't working. I don't know why they didn't just close the pool. The alarms kept going off and the clerk would rush to turn it off before the fire dept. would come. Plus, the heater units in the rooms didn't work very well. Very disorganized operation, at that location."

So, they knew it was a problem days ago, but did nothing to fix it. And now someone is dead. Someone is getting sued for sure. Probably even charged with criminal negligence.

"Authorities didn't know how many guests overall had been staying at the hotel."
I would have thought that it might be basic, simple police work to go to the office and ask for the records of people who had stayed there. Maybe they were checking out the free donuts at the breakfast bar.

Does anyone have a link to the actual original "I'm not a doctor" commercial? I've tried to find it but couldn't.

The "I'm not a doctor" came from that Marcus Welby actor dude.
" But I play one on TV"

LincolnLogolas: Isn't there some sort of federal requirement for carbon monoxide detectors in hotels?

TYRANNY!!!!!!11111111!

No, there was definitely a Holiday Inn "I'm not a doctor" commercial.

The dead man had failed to show up for a meeting

time to dock his pay

bastian_74: What a malfunctioning furnace might look like (YT: Deadly Furnace) (new window)

Thanks a lot. Ever since I was a kid hearing that "womph" and seeing those blue flames through the louvers on our furnace, I've known gas appliances were just biding their time, waiting to kill me. It didn't help a numbers of years later when a house one block down exploded from a gas leak.

/womph, there it is

I Am The Bishop Of East Anglia: LincolnLogolas: Isn't there some sort of federal requirement for carbon monoxide detectors in hotels?

TYRANNY!!!!!!11111111!

TRANNY!!!!!!111111111!