Guest guest Posted March 2, 2006 Report Share Posted March 2, 2006 Received from a friend who is in the property >> > insurance business. It is well worth reading. This is >> > one of those emails that if you didn't send it, rest >> > assured someone on your list will suffer for not >> > reading it. The original message was written by a lady >> > whose brother and his wife learned a hard lesson this >> > past week. >> > >> > >> > Their house burned down.. ..nothing left but ashes. >> > They have good insurance so the house will be replaced >> > and most of the contents. That is the good news. >> > However, they were sick when they found out the cause >> > of the fire. The insurance investigator sifted through >> > the ashes for several hours. He had the cause of the >> > fire traced to the master bathroom. He asked her >> > sister-in-law what she had plugged in the bathroom. >> > She listed the normal things....curling iron, blow >> > dryer. He kept saying to her, " No, this would be >> > something that would disintegrate at high >> > tempeatures " . Then her sister-in-law remembered she >> > had a Glade Plug-In, in the bathroom. >> > >> > The investigator had one of those " Aha " moments. He >> > said that was the cause of the fire. He said he has >> > seen more house fires started with the plug-in type >> > room fresheners than anything else. He said the >> > plastic they are made from is THIN plastic. He also >> > said that in every case there was nothing left to >> > prove that it even existed. >> > >> > When the investigator looked in the wall plug, the two >> > prongs left from the plug-in were still in there. Her sister-in-law had one >> > of the plug-ins that had a small night light built in it. She said she had >> > noticed that the light would dim and then finally go out. She would walk in >> > >> > to the bathroom a few hours later, and the light would be back on again. >>> The investigator said that the unit was getting too hot, and would dim and go >> > out rather than just blow the light bulb. Once it cooled down it would come back on. >> > >> > That is a warning sign The investigator said he >> > personally wouldn't have any type of plug in fragrance >> > device anywhere in his house. He has seen too many >> > places that have been burned down due to them. >> > >> > >> > PLEASE PASS THIS ON TO ALL THE PEOPLE IN YOUR ADDRESS >> > BOOK. NOT ONLY COULD IT SAVE SOMEONE'S HOUSE, BUT IT >> > COULD SAVE SOMEONE'S LIFE " Disease is the retribution of outraged nature. " Hosea Ballou " Some remedies are worse than the disease. " Pubilius Syrus " Toliet water was MEANT to be FLUSHED, not WORN! " Angel " If having endured much, we at last asserted our 'right to know' and if, knowing, we have concluded that we are being asked to take senseless and frightening risks, then we should no longer accept the counsel of those who tell us that we must fill our world with poisonous chemicals, we should look around and see what other course is open to us. " Carson " My toxicasa (world) is your toxicasa (world). " Judith Goode Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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