Lake Powell Carbon Monoxide Poisoning

[RVRKID]

Damn that's alot of people on the boat and nobody noticed, scary:

21 people fall ill due to carbon monoxide on a houseboat on Lake Powell​

21 people fall ill due to carbon monoxide on a houseboat on Lake Powell

21 people fell ill in a carbon monoxide poisoning incident on a houseboat on Lake Powell early Wednesday morning.

www.abc15.com

 

[77charger]

They don’t notice til it’s too late usually. Happens every year.

 

[RVRKID]

They don’t notice til it’s too late usually. Happens every year.

I know just crazy 21 of them, but I guess at least one must have felt off luckily.

 

[Boat 405]

So here's the thing. I was talking to a couple of the other owners in my houseboat group. Our insurance on our boat this year was $12,000.00..... It has drastically increase the past couple years. There has been in severe increase in fires and sinkings lately on Powell. The only common denominator has the been the sudden increase in people on the lake who have bought into houseboats or started boating in general. Otherwise people who generally know little to nothing about boats and houseboats. So now you have a group of novice's who are not familiar with the inner workings and general knowledge of how things work buying theses boating thinking they are just like a floating hotel and someone else will take care of the problems when they arise. Powell has the ability to take the most advanced boat owner and flip them on their lid in about 5 mins. It is not for the faint of heart when shit gets real out there. Storms and bad weather can overtake you on that lake in 15 mins. Going from a sunny day to holy shit before you have time to react. It has happened to me and I've been going to Powell for 42 years.

50 years ago an instruction manual for a motorcycle told you how to adjust the valves. Now that manual tells you not to drink the contents of the battery....

 

[LazyLavey]

Running the genny at night?

How else would they be breathing the CO at midnite

 

[rrrr]

Running the genny at night?

How else would they be breathing the CO at midnite

In the summer heat and high barometric pressure, winds go calm. It's hot, the genset is running the A/C. The CO collects around the boat.

 

[hallett21]

They don’t notice til it’s too late usually. Happens every year.

So you I know this is a common scenario.

But I’ve watched people try to run gasoline or diesel operated equipment in confined spaces. The moment I walked in I shut it down because I could see what was happening. Mainly from the smell but also from people’s demeanor.

In these house boat scenarios, are all occupants inside at the same time? No one is getting crash air and realizing what’s happening?

 

[77charger]

So you I know this is a common scenario.

But I’ve watched people try to run gasoline or diesel operated equipment in confined spaces. The moment I walked in I shut it down because I could see what was happening. Mainly from the smell but also from people’s demeanor.

In these house boat scenarios, are all occupants inside at the same time? No one is getting crash air and realizing what’s happening?

Normally it’s a single person near back of the boats. But in something like this it could be a storm and all inside or eating etc.

As for generators in confined spaces seen it on job sites. Some asswipes bring a gas air compressor fire it up in a framed house like no big deal. Seen it a few times over the years.

 

[2Driver]

21 on a house boat.

 

[JB in so cal]

Ok. So doors closed.AC fired up. How is the exhaust getting inside? Modifications? 21 people on one boat?

 

[DLC]

Maybe it was a big pot of beans…..

 

[Boat 405]

Running the genny at night?

How else would they be breathing the CO at midnite

Yes, perhaps prevailing wind, boat in an alcove, several factors contributed I imagine. So sad

 

[Boat 405]

21 on a house boat.

Happens all the time. I have a 75' shared ownership boat on Powell. I talk to other owners and they say they have it packed to the gills sometimes up to 25.

 

[RVRKID]

Here is an update from someone that was on there and got flown out

POWELLHEADZ ® on Instagram: "Please be aware of the risks of Carbon Monoxide while out on the Lake. So grateful that this family is okay. It could have ended much worse 🙏 . REPOST FROM @rykereades23 This is a Lake Powell trip we will never forget. We

895 likes, 18 comments - powellheadz on July 23, 2024: "Please be aware of the risks of Carbon Monoxide while out on the Lake. So grateful that this family is okay. It could have ended much worse 🙏 . REPOST FROM @rykereades23 This is a Lake Powell trip we will never forget. Wednesday around...

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[Echo Lodge]

21 on a house boat.

The houseboat I go on every year is a 65 footer that is dry docked at LakeTime. The boat across from us in the lot had 19 children on it and 20 adults. This was on a 75 ft boat. Crazy. We were there the week of the incident. We never have to worry about it as our group never runs the generator at night as we sleep on the roof to enjoy looking at the stars.

 

[monkeyswrench]

Are houseboats not required to have the alarms like motorhomes? Never been on one, so don't know what is normal.

 

[PrimeCut]

Why I run Nest CO detectors in all the rooms on my houseboat, my phone will alert me if I’m sleeping if numbers even get to 65, plus I made my boat positive pressure, I run a small 1” line from outside air to the condenser. I worry about this a lot

 

[rmarion]

Are houseboats not required to have the alarms like motorhomes? Never been on one, so don't know what is normal.

all the houseboat we've rented last 20 years have had them

 

[crzy2bealive]

Wild! Glad they are all ok

 

[BajaMike]

Damn that's alot of people on the boat and nobody noticed, scary:

21 people fall ill due to carbon monoxide on a houseboat on Lake Powell​

21 people fall ill due to carbon monoxide on a houseboat on Lake Powell

21 people fell ill in a carbon monoxide poisoning incident on a houseboat on Lake Powell early Wednesday morning.

www.abc15.com

21 people on a houseboat? Way too many, I would not take a vacation with 21 people jammed in a houseboat. The bathrooms would be overflowing by the second day.

 

[mesquito_creek]

21 people on a houseboat? Way too many, I would not take a vacation with 21 people jammed in a houseboat. The bathrooms would be overflowing by the second day.

Utah... probably just 2 families....

 

[2Driver]

The houseboat I go on every year is a 65 footer that is dry docked at LakeTime. The boat across from us in the lot had 19 children on it and 20 adults. This was on a 75 ft boat. Crazy.

I get sensory over load just thinking of 19 kids and 20 adults on a boat at Powell. LOL Do they have to tow a 40’ black tank?