multi-lingual warnings : carbon monoxide is dangerous
Although I don’t take the print edition of the Seattle Times, I knew that the power outage situation was grim when I noticed today’s cover through a newspaper box while waiting for my morning caffeine fix:
More interesting than the take home message (bringing charcoal grills inside = recipe for disaster) was the selection of languages — Vietnamese, Chinese, Spanish, Russian, Somali — and how that might reflect not only the city’s overall demographics, but the specific demographics of the areas without power.
