Uncooked rice often contains the bacteria Bacillus cereus. These bacteria can form protective spores that survive the cooking process and if the rice is cooled slowly (and left between 5 Â°C and 60 Â°C for a long time), these bacteria spores can germinate, grow and produce a toxin (poison) that causes vomiting.
Obviously the colder a climate is, the more a furnace is required to run, and the shorter its life expectancy. With our relatively mild climate here in Seattle and the rest of the Puget Sound, the average life expectancy for a gas furnace is 15 to 20 years if well maintained, properly installed, and properly sized.
Life Expectancy of Furnace. We were told our ten year old American Standard furnace's heat exchanger is bad at our last service call. The company sent us an estimate to replace the whole system to the tune of almost $3,000.00 with a Trane system. After much research it seems to me that a furnace should last longer then ten years. Ours is a natural gas system, and the one that we had replaced was thirteen years old.