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OK, so I'm at my desk with the door closed because I'm interviewing some guy for a magazine article and I hear our director of operations ask someone in the sales room, "What's the matter? You smell something?"
Then I hear some commotion but I continue the interview. Then I start smelling exhaust fumes - faint at first, but then they get stronger. And my notes are starting to get ... wiggly.
But I didn't feel it until the DOO said, "OK, everyone get your coats on, we're going outside."
And I stood up. And I felt a rush and woozy and I was real shaky.
The whole second floor evacuated. I got downstairs, and outside and took several deep breaths of 27-degree air. Within a few minutes I was better - still a little lightheaded.
Oy. I've never experienced anything like that before.
We're all out in the parking lot. Fire department comes, police come.
Some guy's on the roof with a leaf blower; I guess trying to get the snow off and he doesn't realize that the exhaust is filtering into the building's ventilation system.
Don't do this at home. Good to know.
My o my.
Then I hear some commotion but I continue the interview. Then I start smelling exhaust fumes - faint at first, but then they get stronger. And my notes are starting to get ... wiggly.
But I didn't feel it until the DOO said, "OK, everyone get your coats on, we're going outside."
And I stood up. And I felt a rush and woozy and I was real shaky.
The whole second floor evacuated. I got downstairs, and outside and took several deep breaths of 27-degree air. Within a few minutes I was better - still a little lightheaded.
Oy. I've never experienced anything like that before.
We're all out in the parking lot. Fire department comes, police come.
Some guy's on the roof with a leaf blower; I guess trying to get the snow off and he doesn't realize that the exhaust is filtering into the building's ventilation system.
Don't do this at home. Good to know.
My o my.