Winnie Has Got It All Over On Toonces

By Jocelyn Geboy in Miscellaneous on Apr 6, 2007 9:23PM

Eric and Cathy Keesling don't need a carbon monoxide detector!* Especially not when they have a gasoline-powered water pump (?) and a kick-ass cat named Winnie. At the end of last month, their water pump caused a build up of the odorless gas, carbon monoxide. If you're not familiar with it, it's deadly and can wreak some serious havoc in a very short amount of time.

Either Winnie has been reading wikipedia, or she's just got that animal instinct for life going for her. She jumped up on their bed around 1 a.m. and went berserk, meowing wildly. She also did the same thing last year when a bunch of tornadoes blasted through the area. The Keeslings got up and Cathy felt kind of disoriented, so she called 911. The paramedics came and got her husband, their 14-year-old son and Winnie and another pet cat out of the house to treat them.

Way to go, Winnie!

*While the Keeslings lived in New Castle, IN, it is now the law to have a carbon monoxide detector in every home in Chicago.

"pet me" by smussyolay -- not a picture of winnie.