A couple lost their 25 year old son in a fire at home
on June 4th. The son who had graduated with MBA from the University of
Wisconsin-Madison two weeks earlier had come home for a while. He had lunch
with his dad at home and decided to go back to clean up his hostel room. His
father told him to wait, to meet his mother, before he went back for a few
days. He decided to take a nap while waiting for his mom to come back home from
work. Sometime later their neighbors called 911 when they saw black smoke coming
out of the house.
Unfortunately, the 25 years old 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 the laptop resting on the bed. When the laptop was on the bed cooling fan did not get the air to cool the computer and that is what caused the fire. He did not even wake up to get out of the bed because he died of breathing in carbon monoxide.
The reason I am writing this to all of you is that I have seen many of us and also our sons & daughters using the laptop while in bed. Let us all decide and make it a practice not to do that. The risk is real. Let us make it a rule not to use the laptop on bed with blankets and pillows around. Please educate as many people as you can.
"Please pass to everyone you know, you might save one's life
Unfortunately, the 25 years old 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 the laptop resting on the bed. When the laptop was on the bed cooling fan did not get the air to cool the computer and that is what caused the fire. He did not even wake up to get out of the bed because he died of breathing in carbon monoxide.
The reason I am writing this to all of you is that I have seen many of us and also our sons & daughters using the laptop while in bed. Let us all decide and make it a practice not to do that. The risk is real. Let us make it a rule not to use the laptop on bed with blankets and pillows around. Please educate as many people as you can.
"Please pass to everyone you know, you might save one's life
Cooler Pad
The Laptop Cooling Stand prevents your laptop from
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You know all about heat. Because today’s notebooks
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