TV sports pioneer returns after serious burns - this is a really scary story

[proud2BlibKansan]

Less than a month after suffering serious burns in a propane grill accident, sports broadcasting pioneer Hannah Storm returned to TV Tuesday, hosting Southern California's historic Rose Parade.

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In an interview with ABC's World News, Storm described the accident. She checked on the propane grill on a chilly night and discovered the flame had been blown out.

"The cover of the grill was open so I assumed ... that there wouldn't be any gas in the air. Well, propane is actually heavier than air and especially in cold weather it tends to sit on top of the grill, pool inside," she said. "So the second i relit the flame -- after i turned the gas off ... it was a wall of fire, a huge explosion. So much force that it blew the doors of the grill completely off.

"A neighbor clear across the street had thought a tree had fallen through his roof, that's how loud the explosion was, and it happened in a split second," she said. "And immediately I was on fire, so my hair was on fire, my chest and the whole top of my shirt was on fire. I didn't know what to do other than -- I'm left handed -- reach and just get the shirt off of me as quickly as possible.

"I yelled inside to my 15-year-old daughter who was in the kitchen, 'Mommy's on fire! You have to call 911!' " Storm said, becoming choked up.

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[Skittles]

1. I only just heard about this yesterday

I am so glad Ms. Storm is recovering nicely and I hope she spotlights how important it is to be extremely cautious when working with backyard grills

[indepat]

5. Heard only yesterday too. Scary stuff. We're wishing Ms. Storm a full and speedy recovery.

[malaise]

2. Saw her earlier

Scary indeed - she's lucky.

[hlthe2b]

3. You know, even though the story focus was rightfully on Storm & recovery...

wouldn't you think they might have included a footnote or bit of follow-up that would advise the reader how to safely approach re-lighting a propane grill in the winter time?

[proud2BlibKansan]

4. LOL. That would be responsible journalism.

We don't have that anymore.

[dkf]

6. So what's the answer?

[hlthe2b]

7. that's the point... I would have liked to have known.

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I am very wary of gas grills--even in the summer time.

[kestrel91316]

10. I'm sure you can think of one, unless you can't work the whole

republican/teabagger profit-above-all-else angle into it.

[Skittles]

9. I see that more and more in "journalism"

they out what should be an obvious follow-up

[TexasBushwhacker]

8. This happened to my neighbor but it had a funny ending

It was in the summer and he had his shirt off. He was nice and hairy, a real bear. So he's clicking the lighter with one arm outstretched, click, click, click. Suddenly it catches and goes WHOOOOOSH! Singed off the hair on the outstretched arm, his chest and the armpit on that side. It just burned the hair though, not his skin.