Dangerous electric fans
In summer many go to bed with a fan on. In some cases a fan turned on too long can cause death from oxygen deficiency, hypothermia, or fire from overheating. A fan with a timer can help prevent such dangers: you can set the timer before going to bed for one to two hours' run. Do not forget to have the windows open for ventilation.
Good find, "glimmer."
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This is so ridiculous. I sleep with a fan on every night in a closed room and I'm obviously still alive.
Do I have to have that mystical 'Korean gene' for that to happen?
So, the Korean government is trying to convince migrant workers of the reality of fan death?
Time for adding another blog entry to my many 'defenses' of fan death. If the Korean government -- writing in English -- instructs foreigners on the reality of fan death, then it must be true!
Jeffery Hodges
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I didn't used to worry about this, but then my Korean friend explained to me how the fan will eat the oxygen of the room, and also the cold air will give you hypothermia, while the air current blows the oxygen right out of your nose, especially in Korea, because of the Yellow dust. Then I thought about it again.
Seriously, don't play with your life, Brian. It's not worth it. Even Kimchi won't make you strong enough to withstand! (that's right: fans are more dangerous than SARS!)
I don't keep anything round in my apartment anymore, just in case it somehow starts spinning while I sleep and creates a "fan-like" effect -- best err on the side of caution, you know? I even took the fan out of my computer. Had to replace the hard drive four times last year, and the main board twice, because it keeps overheating, but better broke than dead, you know?
Seriously -- I'd be really sad if I can't read your blog anymore because you're dead.
From 2001-2002 I taught a conversation class at Hyundai Asan Medical Center, which is perhaps Seoul's most prestigious hospital. I mention that not because I'm looking for adulation at scoring such a gig, but because the doctors in the class, ostensibly as brilliant as they were, unanimously believed in fan death. Trained SCIENTISTS, and Korea's most well-respected authorities on the HUMAN BODY, were all true believers in the "phenomenon."
The link you gave it dead - are you sure you're not making this up?
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