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From:
Mimi Lain <mimi...@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 2:21 PM
Subject: Fw: VERY important - Let your kids/friends know
To: Warren Lain <
warre...@gmail.com>, Wayne Lain <
leonath...@hotmail.com>, Jade Liang <
jade...@gmail.com>
Mama
Mimi Lain
Court Certified Chinese Interpreter
415-378-9217
awes...@att.blackberry.net
Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2011 14:52:58 -0800 (PST)
To: <undisclosedrecipients>
Subject: VERY important - Let your kids/friends know
Please take time to read!! Very
important!!! tell your sons/daughters about it or
anyone who uses a lap top.
A
well known family in
Mequon lost their 25 year
old son (Arun Gopal
Ratnam) in a fire at home
June 4th.
This is what
happened.
He graduated
with MBA from University of
Wisconsin-Madison two weeks earlier
and came home. Had a lunch with his
dad at home and decided to go back to
clean up his room at school. Father
told him to wait and see his mother
before he goes back for a few days.
He decided
to take a nap while waiting for his
mom to come home from work. Neighbors
called 911 when they saw black smoke
coming out of the house. Their 25 year
old son Arun 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
lap top in the bed.
When the lap
top is on the bed cooling fan does not
get air to cool the computer and that
is what caused the fire.
Uneven surface
of the bed sheet has blocked the air
intake vent below the cpu fan. When the
laptop is placed on a flat surface i.e.
on desk/table, there is a gap between
the desk surface and the base of the
casing to allow air to flow/suck in
through the air intake vent by the cpu
fan to cool the cpu. This
paragraph is added in by sender for
better understanding
of the scenario.
He did not
even wake up to get out of the bed he
died of carbon monoxide (CO).
The reason I'm
writing this to all of you is that I
have seen all of us using our lap top in
bed. Let us all decide and make it a
practice not to do that. Risk is real.
Let us make it a rule not to use lap top
in bed or put computer on bed with
blankets and pillows around.
Broadcast this message & you may
save others!!
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