Couple found dead at Crater Lake

[mtnmedic]

A couple was found dead in their tent sunday,..the cause ? they left their propane lamp burning through the night with their tent zipped shut.

[catbirdseat]

Carbon monoxide. Yikes.

[mec]

they were found a couple days after they died too. probably not a pretty site...

[catbirdseat]

I wonder if they still had that characteristic rosy complexion?

[Cobra_Commander]

I wonder if friends would like to read about musings on their found condition.

[Dru]

I wonder if friends would like to read about musings on their found condition.

 

And see the rescue team photos?

[Cobra_Commander]

Perhaps the difference can be seen between theorizing wildly about grim detail and actually establishing what happened to provide therapeutic closure.

[mtnmedic]

Jus relaying what I heard on the radio....

[Couloir]

Jus relaying what I heard on the radio....

I think CC was referring CBS's comment about the rosy cheeks.

[mtnmedic]

Yuk,..gotcha, lol.

[catbirdseat]

Not everyone may be aware of this indication of carbon monoxide poisoning. It is a good thing to be able to recognize it.

[sweatinoutliquor]

I don't think that CBS was trying to be rude or offensive... I had never heard of this as an early warning symptom, and last night my housemate told me a story about a near death experience where one of his caving partners reconized the "rosy cheeks" and symptoms allowing them to get out of what could have been a bad situation. Glad to know about it... That stuff scares me.

[catbirdseat]

Carbon dioxide is the gas that triggers our brains to make us breathe. If it builds up, we feel like we are suffocating. Carbon monoxide doesn't have this same effect, but it displaces oxygen from hemoglobin, and in fact binds more tightly than oxygen itself. When you are being poisoned by CO, you are not aware of a sensation of suffocation. You may feel a headache however before you lapse into unconsciousness.