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[phosfate]

My dumbass cousin, let's call him Dudley, was smoking in bed yesterday. He fell asleep, set fire to his parents' house, sent his mom (my not terribly beloved Aunt Petunia) to the burn ward in critical condition, and died. Uncle Vernon (who escaped to the front lawn) is down to one lung, and is not supposed to be near smoke, but they smoke in his house anyway. They had a smoke detector, but the batteries had been removed, doubtless because the noise of it going off whenever somebody lit up disturbed Petunia's tender ears.

If there's a moral here other than "don't be a fucking moron," I'm damned if I can find it.

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::::Sighs::::

[darqstar.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry to hear that. :::Hugs::: It's worse when someone dies in a horrible stupid way.

Smoke detectors won't generally go off over cigarette smoke, so there really isn't any excuse, unless the batteries were wearing out and they got tired of that beepbeep noise, the stupid things make when they need fresh batteries.

Again, I extend my sympathy.

Re: ::::Sighs::::

[annlarimer.livejournal.com]

Thank you kindly. I just...I really don't understand. Death and suffering for absolutely no reason at all is just stupid. I just pray the no-batteries thing doesn't keck up their insurance claim.