Well... this is "Shocking"

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
Mike S
Sent: Monday, February 09, 2009 7:36 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Monoxide CO deaths 2005

At 07:57 PM 2/8/2009, David Beierl wrote...
>Non-fire, non-intentional CO deaths associated with consumer products
>in temporary shelters in 2005.
>
>Total -- 31 (2003-2005 average 25, 15% of total CO deaths)
>
>Portable LP heaters -- 10

In the US, you're statistically much more likely to be hit and killed
by lightning, death by which averages ~48.9/year:
http://www.lightningsafety.noaa.gov/stats/95-04_Deaths_by_state.pdf