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do NOT let them sleep in their car, there’s a real risk they could die if from asphyxiation. Here in Mexico there were blackouts from the record heat and there was a family who slept in their car for the ac. They unfortunately all died

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That’s really sad to hear. Luckily the power wasn’t out for too long here.

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Assuming they’re sleeping in the car with the AC running, my car never seems to let me keep it on recirculation for more than like 10 minutes. I noticed this while I was driving through a bunch of forest fire smoke I was trying to keep out, and I had to keep turning it back on.

Maybe that’s just a safety feature my car has, but not all cars? Or am I misunderstanding and it’s an issue with exhaust fumes? That would definitely be an issue in a garage.

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For my car I have to pump the air all the way down to cold for recirculation to stay on.

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Yep, there’s been a few cases of it happening at festivals like Bonnaroo, also.

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You just got OP rock hard.

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