Fan Death
My mom would always come in and turn the fan off on hot summer nights. It used to annoy me and I don't remember if she really explained why, except for some vague reason about it not being good for me... but maybe it had something to do with this weird urban legend:
From Wikipedia (free online encyclopedia):
Fan death is an urban legend that originated in South Korea, but has since spread to other countries in the Far East. The belief is that an electric fan, if left running overnight in a closed room, can result in the death (by suffocation, poisoning, or hypothermia) of those inside. This belief also extends to air conditioners and the fans in cars. When the air conditioner or fan is on in a car, some people are apt to leave their car windows open a crack to avoid "fan death." Fans manufactured and sold in Korea are equipped with a timer switch that turns them off after a set number of minutes, which users are frequently urged to set when going to sleep with a fan on.
Who knew?
2 comments:
it's urban legend? i thought it was true!
i swear i heard it from a non-asian source! or from a figure of authority (other than mother)! oh well. to this day, i hate having the breeze from a fan in my face. maybe it's my deep-seated fear of suffocating.
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