Leaking Gas

So, Friday, Bekah mentioned that she thought she smelled gas.  I would go in and see if I smelled it, but nothing.  Then she'd says she smelled it again....and me again...nothing!  I wondered if she was just smelling something normal since she's not used to a gas stove...but who knows.

Later in the evening, 10:30ish, I walked in the kitchen and caught a whiff of gas.  I asked Russell if he had smelled it.  He said he had thought he smelled it earlier, but then couldn't find the source.

I decided to call Puget Sound Energy, just to be safe.  They told me that with gas they send someone out right away.  I figured, since it was 10:30 at night, that right away would be at like 8am the next day.  Nope.  They came out that night at 11:30pm. 

Sure enough, the gas line going from the source to the oven had a crack in it and sure enough it was leaking gas!  Luckily, it was a small amount that was non-hazardous.

He disconnected the line, and sealed it off until we could get a new line (which we did the next day). 

I learned a few things though:

• The odor of gas is super strong, so it takes hardly any gas at all to smell it.
• It takes a TON of gas for it to ever be harmful.
• Gas is usually only harmful in small, confined spaces.
• PSE will come out any time, 24 hours a day, free of charge, to check on your gas.