Val_2 Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 Four lots of tragedy locally within the past couple of weeks.The nephew of a good friend died playing that stupid game going round the collèges at the moment here where the kid strangles themselves to the point of passing out, he didn't pass out but died instead and only 13.Then a man who has worked at the local sawmill for over 20years got minced up by the 60m long saw that he was overseeing treetrunks going through,he was 44 and then yesterday two people across the way that we have known for many years were found dead in bed from carbon monoxide poisoning from a faulty chaudière. There have been many cases in this region this winter already from carbon monoxide poisoning because people don't bother to have them serviced yearly, make sure you get yours done if you have one and remember too that log burners can also kill you and paraffin stoves too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quillan Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 How sad and tragic these deaths are, it must be very distressing.Your quite right to point out the dangers of not getting your winter heating appliances serviced before use and to make sure your rooms have some form of ventilation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idun Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 I'm so sorry to hear all this bad news Val2. Especially the young boy with the stupid 'game'. Isn't that the one that adults 'play' to get sexual gratification. Not that I could ever imagine getting strangled would thrill me in any way. Sounds too ridiculous and too dangerous. We have a carbon monoxide detector as we have a wood burner. Seemed like a sensible thing to buy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gardengirl Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 That sounds awful, Val. So many poor families and friends. What a good idea to remind everyone about the dangers of various heaters and about detectors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NormanH Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 Hard on the heels of the dreadful weekend I posted about a few days ago.It certainly brings it home when these tragedies happen on your doorstep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gardian Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 Nothing to add to what has been said already, other than my sympathies. It must be a very difficult time locally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Val_2 Posted December 11, 2012 Author Share Posted December 11, 2012 I forgot to mention another local tragedy two weeks ago as well in the very next village where one of a group of three chasseurs was climbing over a fence to get into a field with a loaded and ready to go shotgun. You can guess the rest probably but he caught the trigger as he climbed and shot himself fatally. He was the uncle of another near neighbour five doors down and only 61. I have seen so many times the chasse locally all walking about with guns unbroken and probably primed to use.I was always taught to break the gun as soon as it has been fired and never ever keep it whole and that was just air rifles of which I have a couple.The funeral for the couple is tomorrow and will be a huge affair here in our small commune.I went to pay my respects earlier to the sister who is a friend and ended up in tears myself at seeing their sorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quillan Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 Strangely enough the shotgun accident was part of an RAF first aid course about people being shot. I guess the idea of using a farmer and his shotgun was not to show some nasty Russian or Chinese chap shooting at you. Having done a bit of 'clay' shooting years ago I was taught to 'break' the gun and empty it of cartridges before moving, never shot at live animals but I assume the rules are the same.A lot of people round here have given up the Chasse or just don't bother to join, especially the younger people. This is possible to do with two things, more fun and less dangerous shooting people on their XBox or whatever and the cost of the ammunition. I had a look in the Decathlon in Carcassonne a couple of weeks back, it's really very expensive now. We have also had loads of accidents over the years and have seen one myself. or the aftermath to be more precise, not very pleasant.I always thought these type of things came in three's, sadly your posts show that's not true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoneySuckleDreams Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 here's another one killed accidentally at the weekendhttp://www.ouest-france.fr/ofdernmin_-Chasse.-Un-fils-tire-accidentellement-sur-son-pere-et-le-tue_6346-2142304-fils-tous_filDMA.Htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Val_2 Posted December 11, 2012 Author Share Posted December 11, 2012 Beggars belief dosn't it, I thought they ALL had to wear fluorescent gillets so they could be seen although I bet many families just go off hunting for their next meal regardless of regs and rules and local chasse affiliations! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NormanH Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 This gives you an idea of the amplitude of the problemhttp://taomugaia.canalblog.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Val_2 Posted December 13, 2012 Author Share Posted December 13, 2012 Well the old couple who were killed by their faulty chaudière were laid to rest yesterday, very very emotional with most villagers turning out to pay respects. My son made it back from uni in time and we went together and shed some tears I can tellyou when I went past the family on our exit. I just hope local people get their appliances checked out from this sad event and it reported in the paper that they were waiting for theirs to be replaced shortly so they must have known it to be not working properly yet still used it.Carbon monoxide,smoke and radon detectors here are still viewed by most as something unecessary. I mention radon because Bretagne is a granite peninsula and Morlaix locally is a hot spot amongst many other places. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Debra Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 I really don't know anything about this and am wondering if we need to get anything checked. We have an oil central heating boiler. We don't run it overnight and it's in a draughty area but is that the sort of thing we should be getting checked? What is checked with the woodburners? Ventilation? Our house is so draughty sometimes I doubt ventilation is a problem but you've got me wondering.We've had a couple of cases of houses burned down recently, locally and I wondered if they were because of chimneys not being swept but I didn't like to ask........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Debra Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 Having now read this: http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/dorset/hi/people_and_places/newsid_8674000/8674967.stm I've asked hubby to get carbon monoxide detectors in the morning. He thinks I'm overreacting a bit though and says our house is so draughty it's unlikely to be a problem, even though he has occasionally had trouble getting the fire to stay alight lately. I'm looking around at two kids with 'flu and/or stomach bug and not feeling so well myself and thinking I'd rather be sure......Thanks for the heads up, Val Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idun Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 You are not over reacting Debra. Because it is the silent killer and you'll know your family is safe.Chimney swept every year, yes, our house insurance in France required us to do that. And we also had the boiler serviced annually too, don't know whether the house insurance required that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Debra Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 I 'accidentally' let the fire go out yesterday and hubby cleaned it out this morning, banging soot out of the pipe. The alarm is now here (40 odd euros) and on so hopefully if we have a problem that will tell us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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