Q. I think your April 1-8 column had an error. You wrote that CO is heavier than air. CO has a molecular weight of 28. Air is mostly N2, which also has a molecular weight of 28. Air also has some O2, which has a molecular weight of 32, so the air mixture is heavier than CO. It should be OK to put the CO detector up high, and not near the floor.
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Monte Leeper
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5/14/10
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Merrick Fire Department volunteers responded to a car crash at 10 Merrick Ave and Broadcast Plaza, in front of the State Farm office, on Monday. The Honda ran up on the sidewalk and smashed into the building. Fire department workers quickly disabled the car battery as a safety precaution. No injuries were reported. A second car suffered minor damage.
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5/13/10
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Under sunny skies, the Calhoun Sports Boosters Association dedicated the scoreboard at Calhoun’s baseball field this week in honor of the late Ronnie Gies, a Merrick Fire Department chief who was killed in the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.
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Scott Brinton
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4/30/10
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I’ve never met anyone who says, “I watch TV all day, and I especially love ‘The Real Housewives of New York City,’ ‘Jersey Shore’ and ‘The Biggest Loser.’ ” Most folks I know claim not to watch TV at all — not ever. Well, hardly ever.
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Randi Kreiss
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4/29/10
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When torrential rain and near-hurricane-force winds swept across Long Island on March 13, leaving destruction in their wake, Merrick appeared to be the hardest hit of the four communities that comprise the Bellmore-Merrick area.
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Scott Brinton
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3/25/10
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Four young people escaped serious injury and possible death when the car they were riding in lost control and skidded a considerable distance, overturned and slammed into a tree on the Meadowbrook Parkway just north of Babylon Turnpike on Friday, Jan. 22. The four were trapped inside until members of the Merrick Fire Department and State Police were able to remove them through one of the car doors.
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1/25/10
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The Merrick Fire Dept. installed its new chiefs at its 86th annual Installation Dinner on Jan. 23 at the Chateau Briand restaurant. The chiefs were sworn in by New York State David McDonough. During the ceremonies, citations and awards were presented to other members of the department for their accomplishments in 2009. Above are, from left, Second Assistant Chief Thomas J. Fernandez Jr., Department Chief Christopher Simmons and First Assistant Chief Frank Vanderlofske III.
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1/25/10
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Q. I read a Herald editorial about not being allowed to use my basement for extra bedrooms, and we already have bedrooms there from before we bought our house. How can my town tell me I can’t have bedrooms when everyone has them and we need the space?
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Monte Leeper
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1/14/10
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Temperatures might have dipped into the 20s and 30s on Saturday, with the threat of a blizzard, but that didn't stop members of the Merrick Fire Department's Empire Hose Company No. 3 from holding their 13th annual Christmas tree fundraiser, with funds raised benefiting the Merrick F.D.
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Scott Brinton
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12/11/09
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A recent string of fires at Calhoun High School in North Merrick has prompted an arson investigation, officials say.
According to Vincent McManus, division supervisor at the Nassau County Fire Marshal's Office, there have been six suspicious fires at the school since Nov. 19, three of which the North Merrick Fire Department responded to.
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Sari Zeidler
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12/10/09
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