Your mother is not being stupid or over protective. You shouldn't have anything burning unattended - that's just common sense. Also, electric blankets - if you're female - can pose a risk to fertility, and of course they shouldn't be left on unattended either.
"She's never had a fire in her life."
You say that as if it's a bad thing - she hasn't had a fire because she's using her brains to prevent one.
Fire safety should NOT be used only after you've been torched. That's just asking for problems.
I grew up in a household where appliances were unplugged when not in use, save for major appliances such as the stove, fridge, and microwave. It was part of normal electrical safety.
Plus in some older homes, they had aluminum wiring ... which is a BIG hazard. As aluminum wires age, they develop spurs that reach out. Many electrical fires in older homes are the result of aluminum wiring where the spurs eventually touched other wires.
As for fire damage, it doesn't take very long. A neighbor's apartment just got torched from faulty wiring. Thankfully she wasn't home. From what I've been told there wasn't any real flames, but the smoldering mess completely ruined the kitchen and caused severe damage in every single room of the apartment. And it filled all the connecting apartments with smoke too.
It's been over 2 weeks and they're still cleaning the apartment out.
So, leave your mom alone. She's trying to keep you safe.
you can make the rules when you get your own place.
Is it normal that my mom is THIS scared of fires starting?
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Your mother is not being stupid or over protective. You shouldn't have anything burning unattended - that's just common sense. Also, electric blankets - if you're female - can pose a risk to fertility, and of course they shouldn't be left on unattended either.
"She's never had a fire in her life."
You say that as if it's a bad thing - she hasn't had a fire because she's using her brains to prevent one.
Fire safety should NOT be used only after you've been torched. That's just asking for problems.
I grew up in a household where appliances were unplugged when not in use, save for major appliances such as the stove, fridge, and microwave. It was part of normal electrical safety.
Plus in some older homes, they had aluminum wiring ... which is a BIG hazard. As aluminum wires age, they develop spurs that reach out. Many electrical fires in older homes are the result of aluminum wiring where the spurs eventually touched other wires.
As for fire damage, it doesn't take very long. A neighbor's apartment just got torched from faulty wiring. Thankfully she wasn't home. From what I've been told there wasn't any real flames, but the smoldering mess completely ruined the kitchen and caused severe damage in every single room of the apartment. And it filled all the connecting apartments with smoke too.
It's been over 2 weeks and they're still cleaning the apartment out.
So, leave your mom alone. She's trying to keep you safe.
you can make the rules when you get your own place.