Well, it seems that the unexplained occurrences are continuing to happen. Circumstances are really starting to make me wonder what in the world is going on.
Last night, as we were all settling in after dinner, the smoke and carbon monoxide detectors started sounding an alarm. I left my room and wandered around looking for the cause. The carbon monoxide detector was displaying 0, so it wasn’t sensing anything. I hesitantly ventured to the basement, hoping that there was no fire. There wasn’t. My father, half asleep and resting for his night shift woke up and seemed to be in a panic. After about 15 seconds, the alarms turned off. What the heck caused all the alarms to go off? All of them are plugged electricity based, and don’t use a battery. And, I guess when one of them goes off, all of them follow. It was such a weird set of circumstances.
I thought it was just a one-time deal, but this morning as I was getting ready for work, all of the alarms went off again. Eh? I looked back up at the carbon monoxide detectors and saw 0. I checked all floors of the house, and there was no fire. My mother was looking panicked this time. We quickly opened the doors to the house, and most of the windows. If it was carbon monoxide, we wanted to get as much fresh air inside the house as possible. Unlike last time, the alarms didn’t turn off by themselves. They just kept going. I didn’t know what to do. I went to the top floor smoke detector and pressed the button on it. That’s when all of the alarms stopped. What in the world? That’s just strange!
My mother and I both had headaches, though that might just have been from the loud alarm. Regardless, she called the gas company to see if they could send someone over. They told her to evacuate the house. So she was yelling for me to get out as well. I was almost ready for work, so I told her that I would just get my stuff and head out. She seemed frustrated that I wasn’t rushing to get out. Well, I did get out, and while on the main roads I saw a fire truck rushing over to our area. I figured that they were going to the house to check it out. When I finished the drive in to the station, I gave mom a call. She said that the firemen didn’t get any carbon monoxide reading in the house. The said it was possible that car exhaust from the garage was maybe coming into our house, so we should just be sure to air out the garage before closing it. I somehow don’t think that’s the cause (why would the carbon monoxide detector read 0, but go off?), but hey, what do I know?
So strange. I hope my parents aren’t getting freaked out…
(because I know I am…sort of…) 
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6 comments
Raluca says:
Mon. September 3, 2007 at 10:26 am (UTC -5 )
It could be worse. A few weeks ago, our fire alarms decided to go off in the middle of the night. It was always around 3 or 4 am, and it happened a few times. That was an annoying time.
Jay says:
Tue. September 4, 2007 at 3:13 pm (UTC -5 )
If it starts going off in the middle of the night, I’m blaming poltergeists.
kyleen says:
Tue. September 4, 2007 at 5:01 pm (UTC -5 )
Replace the batteries in them. Perhaps they are old and are causing a malfunction.
After that call a priest and have the house blessed. ::nod nod::
Jay says:
Tue. September 4, 2007 at 5:05 pm (UTC -5 )
Hahah. They’re wired into the house–not battery based.
kyleen says:
Wed. September 5, 2007 at 8:19 pm (UTC -5 )
Really?
So if you loose power, and there is a fire, your alarms won’t go off?
I’d think there was some sort of battery back up SOMEPLACE just for that reason.
Jay says:
Tue. September 11, 2007 at 4:26 pm (UTC -5 )
I guess it makes sense for them to have a battery backup. In any case, this craziness hasn’t occurred again in recent days, so…everything is probably alright.
The spirits have been appeased. Heh.