Fire Drill...Nope, Fire!
I'm going to take you through a series of events that occurred a few nights ago.- Suffered an allergic reaction to something I ate or touched
- Self medicated with Benadryl around 2:30am...zzzzzzz
- Beep, beep, beep! Smoke alarm goes off around 6am
I'm a very light sleeper...when I actually sleep. But anyone who has taken Benadryl knows it knocks you out cold! Somehow, I woke up from my Benadryl coma when that alarm sounded off. I jumped out of bed like a ninja and quickly but calmly went to check out the situation even though I did not smell any smoke. Better safe than sorry.
Turns out, cooking oil was spilled the night before and seeped into one of the stove burners. So when one of the roomies went to make breakfast using the infamous burner, flames occurred. The flames were immediately put out, however smoke filled the entire kitchen area and quickly spread causing the alarms to come to life. Benadryl and I went back to bed. Annoying to be woken like that but at least now we know our smoke alarms work! It made me have flash backs of fire drills in school.
Just a tip for those with central air conditioning: Never leave your AC in the ON position at night or while sleeping. Make sure you set it to temp control because when our AC came on, it immediately made the smoke alarms shut off. Therefore, if you leave your AC in the ON position, fall asleep and a fire erupts, your alarm may never sound off due to the air keeping the sensors cool & smoke free. If it does come on eventually, it may alert you too late to control damage or evacuate to safety.
Also make sure you keep active batteries in every smoke alarm in your home, it can save your life...and it's the law! Luckily for us, it was not more serious. But you never know, which is why you should be prepared and take it seriously if you hear alarms. Anyhow, I've been watching too many In Living Color reruns and that situation of course made me laugh later at the thought of Fire Marshall Bill coming to the "rescue". Thank goodness he wasn't around to make matters worse!
