My Lucky Escape From a Fire

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Dangerous Dave wrote: Sat Apr 27, 2019 7:23 pm Btw, where can I buy smoke detectors? Tried Aeon Mall, Sorya, Thai Huot and IBC so far. No dice.
I got mine (4 of them) from Aliexpress, but I have seen them at the electrical stores on Monivong near Orussey.
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Great, thank you.
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Captain Bonez wrote: Sat Apr 27, 2019 3:37 pm You really wanna risk the chance of dying because you can't bear to leave your laptop behind
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Duncan wrote: Sat Apr 27, 2019 2:23 pm Wrap the wet towel around your head and face to help breathing
This is sound advice, and something I was always taught.

Though not wrapping around your head but pressing it against your nose and mouth.

If you step out into a hallway full of choking smoke and fumes, you can be overcome and go unconscious before you even realizes that it's happening.
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In many cases of death by fire the person has been made unconsious first by the toxic fumes of plastics and paint and they don't have to be burning, just the high temperature will release those. Worry about the toxic fumes first before you worry about the fire.
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Almost O/T but, is the Riverside area exempt from these rolling blackouts we've been having due to the low water levels? I stayed in a hotel between norodom and Street 19 on 184 and I don't remember the power ever being off once in four days.
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Dangerous Dave wrote: Sat Apr 27, 2019 7:23 pm Btw, where can I buy smoke detectors? Tried Aeon Mall, Sorya, Thai Huot and IBC so far. No dice.
If you type in smoke detectors Phnom Penh there's a whole list of places. https://www.google.com/search?client=fi ... phnom+penh
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Dangerous Dave wrote: Sun Apr 28, 2019 8:26 am Almost O/T but, is the Riverside area exempt from these rolling blackouts we've been having due to the low water levels? I stayed in a hotel between norodom and Street 19 on 184 and I don't remember the power ever being off once in four days.
I'm near the Old Market and I've had alternating morning/afternoon 4hr cuts (not yesterday or today though), so no, there's no Riverside exemption. I think the block opposite me gets a better deal as they're on the same switch/circuit as the actual market and hasn't had nearly as many cuts.
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