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Rashid Altaf <[log in to unmask]>
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Pakistani-American Cultural Society <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Mon, 26 Jul 2010 05:31:57 +0000
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Dear All,

 

 Following Message is very important for all who use Lap Tops

 

 

A  family in Mequon lost their 25 year old son Arun Gopal in a freak fire accident at home June 4th.

This is exactly what happened.

 

Arun had graduated with MBA from University of Wisconsin-Madisonjust

two weeks earlier and had came home from the campus for a day.

 

He had lunch with his dad at home and decided to go back to to clean

up his room at the campus. However, his dad told him to wait and see

his mother before returning to the campus as she was due back from

work in a couple of hours. He decided to take a snooze while waiting

for his mom while his dad went out.

 

Neighbors called 911 when they saw black smoke coming out of the

house. The 25 year old 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 laptop in the bed.

 

 

When the laptop is on the bed, the area below it is blocked and the

cooling fan does not get air to cool it  and that is what caused the

fire.

 

 

Arun did not even wake up to make any effort to get out of bed as he

died of massive carbon monoxide inhalation. The purpose of this

"forward" is to make aware that most of us use our laptop in bed and

often go to sleep with it next to us. Please make it a practice not to

do that.

 

The risk is very real. Make it a rule not to use the laptop in bed.

 

Thanks & regards
 
RASHID ALTAF
 		 	   		  
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