kira80
20-03-16, 00:33
This is my first post - I've been visiting this site and it has helped me a lot in the past, with my ever building health anxiety.
So we had a barbecue grill at my garden tonight, from about 5 in the afternoon to 7. We let the grill go out on its own in the yard, and I went inside home.
First I sat at my office from about 7 to 10.30. The charcoals had gone out on their own.
Then I moved to my living room for about two hours and the windows/doors were closed. I could smell the typical leftover BBQ smell and I don't know why but I didn't think to open the windows, until my eyes started hurting a little, so I opened the window and moved back to my office, where it didn't smell. Just to be on the safe side, although the charcoals were cold and not showing any signs of fire, I also dropped water in the grill.
Then the beautiful words "carbon monoxide" filled my mind and I started googling it, and read wonderful things, such as that even a cold barbecue grill still emits CO and it should remain outdoors. Well, it is outdoors, but a) the windows are very close to the yard, could this still enter the house? and b) what about the smoke I was breathing for 2 hours in the living room?!?! Could it have CO in it? I know it's odorless, but what if it was still in the not-so-odorless smoke?
I'm panicking big time and I'm thinking of not sleeping. It's 2.29 am here, and I'm still wondering whether I'll die in my sleep from CO poisoning.
Any rational thoughts would help a lot.
Thanks!
So we had a barbecue grill at my garden tonight, from about 5 in the afternoon to 7. We let the grill go out on its own in the yard, and I went inside home.
First I sat at my office from about 7 to 10.30. The charcoals had gone out on their own.
Then I moved to my living room for about two hours and the windows/doors were closed. I could smell the typical leftover BBQ smell and I don't know why but I didn't think to open the windows, until my eyes started hurting a little, so I opened the window and moved back to my office, where it didn't smell. Just to be on the safe side, although the charcoals were cold and not showing any signs of fire, I also dropped water in the grill.
Then the beautiful words "carbon monoxide" filled my mind and I started googling it, and read wonderful things, such as that even a cold barbecue grill still emits CO and it should remain outdoors. Well, it is outdoors, but a) the windows are very close to the yard, could this still enter the house? and b) what about the smoke I was breathing for 2 hours in the living room?!?! Could it have CO in it? I know it's odorless, but what if it was still in the not-so-odorless smoke?
I'm panicking big time and I'm thinking of not sleeping. It's 2.29 am here, and I'm still wondering whether I'll die in my sleep from CO poisoning.
Any rational thoughts would help a lot.
Thanks!