Vent alarm with protective cover

A vent alarm apparatus, comprising:

• a main housing;
• an alarm/whistle, wherein the alarm/whistle is mounted or attached to or within the main housing at a top portion of the alarm/whistle, and further wherein the alarm/whistle has a lower portion of the alarm/whistle that extends downwardly and in a direction opposite from the main housing and terminates in a lowermost end portion of the alarm/whistle;
• a protective cover, wherein the protective cover is attached to or mounted to the main housing at a top portion of the protective cover, and further wherein the protective cover extends downwardly and in a direction towards the lowermost end portion of the alarm/whistle, and further wherein the protective cover has a lowermost end portion of the protective cover that extends beyond and below the lowermost end portion of the alarm/whistle, and further wherein the vent alarm apparatus is a heating oil tank vent alarm, and further wherein the alarm/whistle generates a sound, an alarm noise or sound, or a whistle or whistling sound, when a heating oil is being introduced into, filled into, or delivered into, a heating oil tank, and further wherein the protective cover allows for an entry of the heating oil into the lowermost end portion of the protective cover, and further wherein the protective cover allows for a flowing of the heating oil in a direction towards the lowermost end portion of the alarm/whistle.