[EAS] Engineer Deaths

[Mike McCarthy]

I'm still at a loss of how that much CO could enter into the building from
outside of a properly constructed building and ventilated exterior
generator some distance from the building...say 10ft. If the genny was in
another compartment of the building, I can see the correlation. But
outside??

Seems to me that only part of the story has been discovered. Why and how 
did these two well trained professionals die? What caused or permitted the
CO to enter the building and build up to such a toxic level? Wind
direction and speed noted at the time?

While simply adding CO monitors to sites is a good idea as a practical
matter, what happens when they go off? Is it enough just to vacate the
building? At a facility which uses the genny for primary power, that's a
pretty serious extemporaneous condition to contend. Particularly if the
prevailing wind direction and speed is such that the exhaust is blown into
the building resulting in elevated CO levels where the winds are blowing
"just right".

Where's Barnaby Jones?

MM

On Thu, April 25, 2019 11:55 am, Adrienne Abbott wrote:
> Mike/Kevin--
> Most of our transmitter sites have generators with a two week or more fuel
>  supply. Between winter storms and wildland fires, extended power outages
> are common and both radio and TV stations here prepare for those
> emergencies.