To date, 14 people have died because of the storm. And more than 100 have suffered carbon monoxide poisoning while trying to keep warm during the blackouts. Dozens of people have been treated for the poisoning in a hyperbaric chamber that re-oxygenates the blood at Virginia Mason Medical Center, officials said.

"We're dealing with a carbon-monoxide epidemic in Western Washington," said Dr. Neil B. Hampson at Virginia Mason's Center for Hyperbaric Medicine. "This has the potential to be the worst case of carbon monoxide poisoning in the country."
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