..and did you know that you can buy talking combination smoke/carbon monoxide detectors now?

I replaced mine a month ago and bought some that are combo and they talk as well as sound a very annoying whiny shriek! They say "smoke detected" or "carbon monoxide detected" and they are LOUD.

We've always had a plan for the kids, that they go OUTSIDE as soon as they hear the alarm, no matter what. No investigating if it's real or not. Every now and then I reach up and sound the alarms and hide just to see that they do what they are told. They have to come to our bedroom window and wait for us to come out, and bang on the window if needed.

When I installed the new ones, I did it when they were not home and then sounded it for the first time when they were. The young DSS went tearing outside and was jumping up and down screaming "It TALKED to me, it TALKED to me!"

ROFL! He was so darned cute out there below the window, all excited. I KNOW he wanted to investigate it, but he did what he was supposed to do. Afterward we showed him the new detectors and demonstrated what they do for each scenario, so he would know and he would not try to check them out on his own.

Good reminder B2Y! Our fire dept. always does the reminder at daylight savings time. This year I am ahead of them!