For safer emergencies, give your power generator some space

Tuesday, October 6, 2009 - 17:42 in Physics & Chemistry

To subdue the steaming heat of hurricanes or to thaw out during a blizzard, gasoline-powered, portable generators are a lifeline during weather emergencies when homes are cut off without electricity. But these generators emit poisonous carbon monoxide -- a single generator can produce a hundred times more of the colorless, odorless gas than a modern car's exhaust.

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