Firefighters say to keep the door closed, it significantly increases your chances of surviving a fire. And if you smell smoke, FEEL IT before you try to open it. If it’s hot, go straight to the window.
Having said all that, I have a cat, and don’t have room for a litterbox in my bedroom, so open it is!
It’s difficult, but you can train the cat to sleep out of your room.
Her sainted predecessor slept out of our room but often with our kids. But she’s gone, the kids are independent adults in other states with their own cats, and this little cat started off too young to be left alone all night, so the pattern was set. The main difference now is she has the run of the apartment as well, and the litterbox and food are out there. I’m a pushover for a cozy feline.
That’s funny because according to other experts you should sleep with your door closed in case a fire breaks out: Keeping the door closed can help keep (or at least delay) death from smoke inhalation.
Combined with a working smoke detector outside the bedroom this will save your life. Twice in my career I’ve gone into a house filled with smoke and had to wake people up to inform them their house is on fire.
Pff, imagine living a life where you try to delay your death.
You should sleep with it closed. It slows the spread of fire and smoke.
Experts in what field? Fucking doorology?
Air quality i assume, i started leaving it open after getting a CO2 meter in my room. Having a larger volume of air to pull from, massively reduces the CO2 level in your room. My morning level went from 2500+ ppm down to ~700ppm. If you have plants it probably helps a lot too.
Idk if thats what these “experts” are talking about but thats just my experience.
But I bet all that extra CO2 helps you be sleepy.
You’re thinking of CO, increased CO2 in the blood (which when dissolved becomes CO3+) causes increased anxiety and too much triggers suffocation panic. That’s why you can breathe in basically any other gas and just shut down calmly, but CO2 will have you scrambling.
That’s because the human body does not have a system to detect how much oxygen is in the blood, it only detects how much carbon dioxide is in the blood. When you hold your breath and feel the need to breath it is not caused by a lack of oxygen, but from a buildup of CO2.
That is why odorless gases are so dangerous. If there’s no oxygen in the gas you are breathing but also no CO2 the body thinks “this is fine” until you pass out.
