Fix It Homestead on MSN

If your CO alarm chirps randomly, what it usually means and what not to ignore

When a carbon monoxide alarm breaks the quiet with a random chirp, it is tempting to brush it off as a glitch. In reality, ...
Yahoo

That alarm sound is actually ruining your day—here’s why (and what to do about it)

The powers that be have gaslit us into a lot of things, but I’m currently quite salty about the way we’ve all been gaslit by our phones into thinking it’s normal to wake up like we’re fleeing a ...
Fix It Homestead on MSN

Why smoke alarms chirp more in winter and what to check first

When the temperature drops, a lot of homes suddenly sound like they are hosting a flock of electronic birds. Those short, ...
City Journal

Silence of the Alarms

Noise complaints constitute 85 percent of the calls made to the New York Police Department’s “Quality of Life Hotline.” And lots of those calls, police say, concern car alarms, which shriek and whoop ...
KWCH

‘Sound the Alarm’ helps make sure people are ready for an emergency

WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - Volunteers went out Saturday to make sure homes were equipped with working smoke alarms and homeowners had information on how to prepare and respond to an emergency. It was part ...