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Killer electric fans - Is falling asleep next to an electric fan a potentially fatal mistake?
Maclean's ^ | August 19, 2015 | Meagan Campbell

Posted on 08/20/2015 4:58:19 AM PDT by rickmichaels

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1 posted on 08/20/2015 4:58:19 AM PDT by rickmichaels
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To: rickmichaels

Bull shavacky


2 posted on 08/20/2015 5:00:11 AM PDT by envisio (I ain't here long... I'm out of napalm and .22 bullets.)
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To: rickmichaels

Nuts, whacko, insane, deranged, mentally unhinged.

Similar to those that thought automobiles would be the death of people due to air moving too quickly.

I can’t possibly sleep without a fan. I find 70 degrees to be unpleasantly hot.


3 posted on 08/20/2015 5:02:15 AM PDT by Crazieman (Article V or National Divorce. The only solutions now.)
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To: envisio

By the truck load.


4 posted on 08/20/2015 5:03:21 AM PDT by snuffy smiff (Socialism is the philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy.)
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To: rickmichaels

The Bride and I have ceiling fans in every room, and a floor fan constantly on, in addition to the A/C.

I call BS.


5 posted on 08/20/2015 5:03:37 AM PDT by Old Sarge (I prep because DHS and FEMA told me it was a good idea...)
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6 posted on 08/20/2015 5:05:49 AM PDT by JoeProBono (SOME IMAGES MAY BE DISTURBING VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED;-{)
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To: rickmichaels
“If you fall asleep with it going, you’ll die the next day,”

This is going to be bad news to Texans...

And then, there's this


7 posted on 08/20/2015 5:06:06 AM PDT by Paine in the Neck (Socialism consumes EVERYTHING)
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To: rickmichaels

Hold on a second, I have to turn the fan up. .......Ok, what a crock of crap this article is!!


8 posted on 08/20/2015 5:07:51 AM PDT by Batman11 (The orange, weeping, drunk, squishy oompah-loompah and Yertle McTurd-le gotta go!)
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To: rickmichaels

We have an electric fan over our bed. My wife likes the breeze and we leave it on every night. We have for years.

Of course, I should point out that I’m posting this from beyond the grave. We just got wi-fi last week!


9 posted on 08/20/2015 5:09:05 AM PDT by cuban leaf (The US will not survive the obama presidency. The world may not either.)
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To: envisio

20 deaths?


10 posted on 08/20/2015 5:11:12 AM PDT by Robert A Cook PE (I can only donate monthly, but socialists' ABBCNNBCBS continue to lie every day!)
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To: Crazieman

“Nuts, whacko, insane, deranged, mentally unhinged.

Similar to those that thought automobiles would be the death of people due to air moving too quickly.

I can’t possibly sleep without a fan. I find 70 degrees to be unpleasantly hot.”

My wife needs to sleep in a freezer
AC set to 72 (I won’t allow lower) Ceiling fan, oscillating floor fan, with no sheet or blanket and only wearing a thin white night gown

There are nights I go to sleep in another room where I don’t need a quilt here in the equatorial climate


11 posted on 08/20/2015 5:11:12 AM PDT by Fai Mao (Genius at Large)
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To: rickmichaels

I’ve had ceiling fans over my bed for 30 years. I don’t remember every having it completely off. We reverse the rotation each fall and spring.


12 posted on 08/20/2015 5:12:40 AM PDT by SamAdams76 (We gave GOP the majority to take care of business and they let us down. Time for Trump/Cruz)
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To: rickmichaels
Rose Kang describes that whenever a ceiling fan starts to spin, she vomits.

Must be a lot of fun at parties.

13 posted on 08/20/2015 5:14:38 AM PDT by Arm_Bears (Biology is biology. Everything else is imagination.)
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To: rickmichaels

Most Texans would be dead if we turned off the AC, so we’ll take our chances, leaving our AC units running full blast from May to November.


14 posted on 08/20/2015 5:14:58 AM PDT by txrefugee
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I grew up in the south, in the 50s, without air conditioning. I was forced to sleep with a fan running. I hated it. To this day I cannot stand having a fan going when I sleep. On the rare occasion when I have to I won’t let the flow of air come anywhere near me. Just my own personal phobia.


15 posted on 08/20/2015 5:15:48 AM PDT by Mercat (The angel of the LORD encamps around those who fear him and delivers them.)
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To: Crazieman

I sleep with a fan next to my face. The white noise covers up my tinnitus & the airflow helps me to breathe since I have heart trouble & shortness of breath.

Sounds like the South Korean power company is trying to scare people into using less electricity.

Or maybe having dog for dinner causes nighttime acid reflux.

(sorry, couldn’t resist)


16 posted on 08/20/2015 5:16:18 AM PDT by elcid1970 ("The Second Amendment is more important than Islam.")
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To: Fai Mao

>> My wife needs to sleep in a freezer

Your wife and mine must be cousins. I’ll bet I’ve met you at a family reunion. :-)


17 posted on 08/20/2015 5:16:41 AM PDT by Nervous Tick (There is no "allah" but satan, and mohammed was his demon-possessed tool.)
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To: Old Sarge

The rare male that is extremely heat intolerant. Drove my ex wife nuts, family nuts, and friends nuts.


18 posted on 08/20/2015 5:17:32 AM PDT by Crazieman (Article V or National Divorce. The only solutions now.)
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I had an elderly aunt who attributed the crib death of an infant relative (this is over 100 years ago) to a cat being seen in the nursery. In the story, the cat had sat on the infant’s chest and ‘drew out the breath’ of the baby.

This poor woman lived in deathly fear of cats (and germs carried by mice– remember the 1918 flu) her entire life.


19 posted on 08/20/2015 5:17:53 AM PDT by IncPen (Not one single patriot in Washington, DC.)
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To: Fai Mao

My wife is the same. She wants it cold, ridiculously so.


20 posted on 08/20/2015 5:18:26 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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