Flashlights
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In January 2015, Coloradoan Christopher Reid Carrington was searching for tools in the back of his truck. To free his hands, he held his flashlight in his mouth. A few seconds later, it exploded, causing third-degree burns to his lip, tongue, and throat. Blood gushed from his mouth, and he was unable to speak, but his seven-year-old son called 911. Carrington spent four days in the hospital, a tube down his throat helping him to breathe, before he was released. Doctors said he may never be able to taste anything again.
In a similar incident on November 7, 2017, in Bradley, Indiana, Caleb Joyner, 36, was injured when a flashlight exploded in his mouth. After experiencing car trouble, he’d stopped in a parking lot to look under the hood of his car. The flashlight exploded when, while bending over for a better look, Joyner came too close to the vehicle’s battery. He died the next day in a local hospital.
While these examples are very unfortunate accidents, there is an important lesson to be learned here. Use all tools in the correct manner, and avoid putting anything in your mouth that could cause damage in the worse case scenario!
Coffee in the kitchen this morning. Yesterday was sunny and dry with temps close to 70...but today they are calling for rain and possibly snow flurries! How do you go from 70s one day to snow flurries the next?
