Bit of excitement in the neighborhood

[wtg]

I went out in the screen room this afternoon and caught the smell of natural gas. Turns out a construction crew working on a village project to replace water mains managed to hit a gas line around 2 pm. Took Nicor (gas utility) almost two hours to get here and as far as I can tell they still haven't figured out how to turn off the gas. A consulting engineer who is on the water main project said that a) the gas line was unmarked and b) the fact that it was pretty windy is working in our favor, dissipating the gas.

Looks like they won't be shutting off our gas (the break is apparently on the other side of the still-to-be-located shutoff valve) so they won't be pounding on our door in the middle of the night to come and re-light the pilot in our water heater. At least that's what the Nicor guy said. I hope he knows what he's talking about. Given that they can't figure out where the valve is, my level of confidence in their abilities is not real high right now.

(tried to post some pics but postimages is misbehaving right now)

[ShiroKuro]

Oh dear! That’s not good!!

[wtg]

Just checked it out....everyone looks much more relaxed and I don't smell gas anymore.

[wtg]

They are still out there doing the repair. Gonna be a long night for them.

[wtg]

All's quiet on the western front.

Last night. Five people looking at the person in the hole, who apparently drew the short straw:

[CHAS]

@wtg The five must be certain the job is done correctly.

[Daniel]

My guess is the sixth guy is the only one who knows how to do the task that needs to be done in the hole. 🤪

[wtg]

This is what I was worrying about during our gas leak...

Firefighters responding to a reported natural gas odor in a Twinsburg Township neighborhood had been on scene for only about two minutes before a house exploded Thursday afternoon, destroying three homes, damaging at least 36 others, and setting off a chain of events that authorities say is nothing short of miraculous.

https://www.cleveland.com/summit-county/2026/06/two-injured-dozens-displaced-in-twinsburg-township-explosion-probe-could-take-weeks.html

[ShiroKuro]

@wtg how awful!! It’s a miracle no one was killed!

[CHAS]

Noticed something was amiss when I turned into the apartment complex in my student days. Did not realize what was missing until I turned on the evening news. The house on the corner was gone due to a gas leak. No one was home.

[wtg]

Woke up around midnight to the sound of a sewer cover clanking out in front of our house. I thought it might be kids pulling a stupid prank so I looked out the window to see what was going on. No kids, just a village public works truck and a bunch of guys walking around. Oh, and a huge lake in the street a couple of houses over from us. Water main break.

We didn't get much sleep because of the noise. Generator running the water pump they use to empty the water so they can do the repair, plus trucks to take away what they dug up and trucks to bring fill and cold patch. Between the ongoing water main replacement project and this repair of the old main, our street looks a bit like a war zone.

Good news is the water was back on in time to make coffee this morning! Living in a community where repairs are done promptly is definitely a wonderful thing...

[ShiroKuro]

@wtg wow!! That’s a lot of drama, and a lot of noise, to then still be able to have that morning coffee. I’m not confident we would have the same positive experience here!