Carbon Monoxide!?

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Weird. The smoke alarm went off, not incredibly odd when I am using the fireplace, but it wasn't the smoke detector. It was the CO alarm. I was totally surprised. It had never gone off as long as I have had one, over many many years. Yep, after resetting it a few times. It was getting a reading over 200 ppm CO. When I took it downstairs I got a reading near 300 ppm. I started getting light headed at this point. After thinking maybe the furnace heat exchanger failed and puzzling around a bit I figured out what happened. As part of the huge winter storm that recently covered almost half of the US, we lost our electricity. So, being well prepared, I rolled out the generator and started doing what I normally do. The generator (although it was completely outside) was creating CO to get in the house. Using the fireplace draft (and possibly other leaks) the whole house created a vacuum around the seal of the basement garage door. After the CO got into the house the forced air heat...
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We made it as far as San Jose Costa Rica today. We missed a flight so we are a day behind. This gives us a nice opportunity to check out San Jose for a night anyway. Maybe a bit more when we leave country. It is about 80 degrees with a stiff breeze. It was a bit of fun getting a hotel with the driving around and checking a few out using pidgeon Spanish. There are a couple of large international hotel chains, but most are local owned and run. The prices are generally reasonable. If you want to spend a lot you can spend a lot, however. We are (of course) staying at a locally owned hotel, "Hotel El Rodeo." The service so far has been very good. It is almost time to get a drink.

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