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Posted: 6/28/2024 5:57:49 PM EDT
Wide receiver Randall Cobb and his family escaped a fire at their Nashville, Tennessee, home this week, with his wife, Aiyda, posting, "we are lucky to be alive."
Aiyda Cobb posted to her Instagram story this week that a Tesla charger "caught fire in the garage late last night and quickly spread" through their home. "We got out of the house with nothing but the clothes on our back and no shoes on our feet," she wrote. The Cobbs have three young sons. Randall Cobb, in a joint statement posted to Instagram with his wife Wednesday, wrote that he was able to go back into the house and rescue the family's dog, Louie. https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/40444658/randall-cobb-family-lucky-alive-house-fire |
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Damn. I wonder if the batteries lit up also. Glad everyone got out and is safe.
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Was an EV being charged at the time and if so was the charger that ignited or the EV battery? Never charge those things in your house (garage is part of the house).
Did he have a smoke alarm in the garage and was it interconnected with other alarms inside the house? I have about eight smoke alarms in my residence but none are interconnected. |
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Quoted: He's a big fella. https://www.the-sun.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2023/05/KS-randall-aidya-comp.jpg?w=620 View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: Big fella? Rides a Harley? Dresses like a rock star? https://www.the-sun.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2023/05/KS-randall-aidya-comp.jpg?w=620 Wow, wife is so smoking hot, she probably started the fire. |
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Quoted: Randall Cobb??? https://images.saymedia-content.com/.image/t_share/MTc0NDk5MjkzNzI0NDE5NDMy/tex-the-incredible-true-story-of-a-boxing-outlaw.jpg View Quote Only one I know. |
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Quoted: Wow, wife is so smoking hot, she probably started the fire. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Big fella? Rides a Harley? Dresses like a rock star? https://www.the-sun.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2023/05/KS-randall-aidya-comp.jpg?w=620 Wow, wife is so smoking hot, she probably started the fire. Attached File |
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Not the first time a battery charger has started a fire. The only thing making this news worthy is the name Tesla.
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I don't get it. |
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Quoted: ICE vehicles ignite thousands of times every year just because they feel bad about not having huge batteries. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes |
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Quoted: I don't get it. Boy, you just bought the whole can of whup-ass! |
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I need to put a smoke detector in my garage. I don’t think I have one.
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Quoted: I don't get it. Randall "Tex" Cobb, who I'm pretty sure is immortal after the beating Larry Holmes dished out to him in their boxing match with no ill effects whatsover. He went on Carson couple weeks later to joke about it and was remarkably funny and quick-witted. |
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Quoted: He's a big fella. https://www.the-sun.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2023/05/KS-randall-aidya-comp.jpg?w=620 View Quote That's what SHE said! |
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Quoted: I need to put a smoke detector in my garage. I don't think I have one. View Quote I bought a few from Amazon. About $10 each, with a 10 year non-replaceable battery. Smaller/lighter than the old ones - about the same diameter as a baseball. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B088KL1WTX?tag=arfcom00-20 |
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Quoted: I bought a few from Amazon. About $10 each, with a 10 year non-replaceable battery. Smaller/lighter than the old ones - about the same diameter as a baseball. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B088KL1WTX?tag=arfcom00-20 View Quote Do they talk to each other? Won't do much good if there's a fire in the garage at 2am and you're at the other end of the house, oblivious. I bought a couple that communicate. Every time I'm at the garage door and crank up my weed eater the one in the house goes berserk. |
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Quoted: I have not heard of EV chargers starting fires. This may not be such a case either. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes |
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Smoke detectors in a garage with an ICE vehicle is a bad idea. Particulates will cause them to false or fail.
Heat detector is what you seek. |
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Quoted: I bought a few from Amazon. About $10 each, with a 10 year non-replaceable battery. Smaller/lighter than the old ones - about the same diameter as a baseball. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B088KL1WTX?tag=arfcom00-20 View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: I need to put a smoke detector in my garage. I don't think I have one. I bought a few from Amazon. About $10 each, with a 10 year non-replaceable battery. Smaller/lighter than the old ones - about the same diameter as a baseball. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B088KL1WTX?tag=arfcom00-20 You need the interconnected ones so they announce on the rest of the house, otherwise you'll sleep through the garage alarm. Kharn |
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View Quote Glad I'm not the only one |
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Quoted: Randall "Tex" Cobb, who I'm pretty sure is immortal after the beating Larry Holmes dished out to him in their boxing match with no ill effects whatsover. He went on Carson couple weeks later to joke about it and was remarkably funny and quick-witted. View Quote One of the funniest Carson slots ever. Randall "Tex" Cobb Breaks Down Losing to Larry Holmes | Carson Tonight Show |
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At this point, I think if you buy an EV you might literally be retarded.
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Quoted: He's a big fella. https://www.the-sun.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2023/05/KS-randall-aidya-comp.jpg?w=620 View Quote That's just his forehead. The rest of him looks pretty normal. |
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View Quote That was the first thing that popped into my brain cell. |
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View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: Randall "Tex" Cobb, who I'm pretty sure is immortal after the beating Larry Holmes dished out to him in their boxing match with no ill effects whatsover. He went on Carson couple weeks later to joke about it and was remarkably funny and quick-witted. One of the funniest Carson slots ever. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZ2HHcFlwAo That is what late night TV is supposed to be like. |
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Quoted: About 1/3 of EV fires are when they are charging or shortly after. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: I have not heard of EV chargers starting fires. This may not be such a case either. About 1/3 of EV fires are when they are charging or shortly after. When I was still flying electric RC, I had a stainless-steel pan that I would put my batteries in to charge them, then put the pan on the stovetop in the kitchen (if I was charging them in the house). Fire during charging was a known danger, though it seemed to be less of a danger as chargers improved and began incorporating better tech to monitor the cells as they charged. I had one battery start smoking, but that was after a crash into a hard surface that visibly damaged the battery, and I think I only had one or two batteries swell up during charging. One of the guys I flew with had several batteries swell up during charging, but he was always quicker to switch to newer battery tech than I was (probably some bugs still being worked out by the manufacturers) and tended to push the current limits of the batteries more than I did. |
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Yeah,sure. It was the Tesla and not the hand grenade he wears as a necklace.
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View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: Randall "Tex" Cobb, who I'm pretty sure is immortal after the beating Larry Holmes dished out to him in their boxing match with no ill effects whatsover. He went on Carson couple weeks later to joke about it and was remarkably funny and quick-witted. One of the funniest Carson slots ever. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZ2HHcFlwAo Lot of good stuff here, too... Randall "Tex" Cobb Collection on Letterman, 1982-87 After seeing the Larry Holmes fight, I think Randall Tex Cobb is one of the toughest men to ever walk the Earth. |
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View Quote What did he say that got bleeped? I can’t figure it out. It made Carson laugh hard. |
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Quoted: What did he say that got bleeped? I can’t figure it out. It made Carson laugh hard. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: What did he say that got bleeped? I can’t figure it out. It made Carson laugh hard. He's so full of shit his eyes are brown. |
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