My folks have had 2 home fires in their 1953 Sillycon Valley ranch, one a lint-clothes dryer fire and one a crumb-filled like tinder TOASTER FIRE. Both were luckily put out quickly, by the very close fire dept. and then by us on the second. But we could have lost the family home to 6, 4 kids and 2 busy parents, one working 60hrs/wk and one cooking and cleaning and shopping all day.
So why are TOASTERS NOT WASHABLE? They should be , like waffle irons, for food safety and this fire risk with toasters. But it is 2011, almost 2012, and we still have such low national standards on electric appliances designed for homes that you can not easily wash in the sink, unplugged natch.
And why oh WHY are wooden kitchen cabinets still being designed to hang over the major appliance plug in area, so the wood can easily catch fire like happened at my folk's house?? Such lousy incompetent, un-functional kitchen design and construction still goes on !!
People die in some of these house fires. The Republicans would say "we need less regulation". Hoo-wee. We need safer homes and kitchens and washable kitchen appliances, for food safety and fire prevention reasons. Duh !!
