Wakened via Fire alarm

[KarlOmega1]

Earlier this morning, I was in bed and was supposed to wake up at 6:25 AM...however the Fire Alarm woke me up about a half hour before the designated time! the news was that a person a couple apartments down the corridor in my building had fallen asleep while cooking...that freaking scared the crap outta me!

[llearch n'n'daCorna]

fell asleep.... while cooking?

uh...


.... -how-

[bill]

I assume they left something cooking, and fell asleep, rather than fall asleep while actively cooking.

[Kasarn]

The fire alarm in my kitchen always goes off whenever somebody makes toast.

[xHaZxMaTx]

They fell asleep while sirring their soup.  ...Ouch.

[God Tweeter]

I don't even know if I have a fire alarm. 

[Mel Dragonkitty]

I have a fire/carbon monoxide alarm that talks and has a red light and siren. It malfunctioned one day and I came home to a terrorized cat as the ceiling screamed "emergency, emergency, fire, fire." I have no idea how long it had been doing that, it could have been for up to nine hours. It is wired into the electrical system so I couldn't just yank the battery. I had to stand on a ladder (and I was still too short) and try to disassemble the stupid thing while it screamed in my face. I had my Dad (an electrician) on the phone talking me through the disassembly and the fink was laughing his head off and telling all his buddies what was going on.

[llearch n'n'daCorna]

I feel sorry for your cat. :-/

[Mel Dragonkitty]

Yeah, poor old guy, took me forever to get him calmed down. I have no idea how long the alarm was screaming but after experiencing it for only ten minutes I was very happy to rip it's little electronic guts out. I guess that makes it a very effective alarm system.