I have a big pot, a very big pot of water on the stove to provide humidity on very cold dry days and set a very low flame under it but if my roommate opens the window behind the stove, a brisk breeze will blow out the pilots and the burner. Fortunately, the house is old and not hermetically sealed like a lot of new homes so there is a lot of air infiltration to dilute any gas. ^_^
TDD
That's neighborly of you, to call in gas leaks.
Might be KABOOB!!!! there might be t*ts everywhere.
Thank goodness unionized firemen,police and EMS showed up .. huh ?
We know no republicans would risk their life doing that work, but they certainly expect those workers to.
Bad things sometimes happen to good (or at least innocent in the present circumstances) people....then again a 13 yo died (or is braindead altho still on ventilator last I heard) after a "routine" tonsillectomy in LA area just the other day.
While unfortunate, do we now not do any more tonsillectomies?
Far more people have been killed in fires caused by electrical wiring and device defects than by gas explosions or gas asphyxiation. Perhaps electricity simply isn't safe for residential use either.
This reminds me of the gas company vs electric company battles in the late 19th century when they were both fighting for control of the lighting market.
They used to market nat gas as "clean, safe, dependable", now it's just "clean and dependable", do you think they dropped "safe" for no reason?
Just search the reports. I posted the actual stats from NFPA or some such some time ago and it was something like 4,000+ residential gas explosions per year.
Have you looked at the actual stats? I believe NFPA has some good ones showing 4,000+ residential gas explosions per year.
We do far fewer than we used to. Not because they are dangerous, but because they are usually unnecessary.
I don't care. I am not giving up NG to get fleeced by the power company.
? were both fighting for control of the lighting market.
Do you also remember all the safety concerns about motor cars, and how they needed someone on foot with a red flag, ahead. To not scare the horses.
In my half century of life, I can only remember one hearing about a residential gas explosion. And that was a suicide. If memory serves.
With 4,000 a year, you'd think a couple would be within the range of my news and information radio.
I'd sure like to see a URL. I did a search, including NFPA web site, and can't find that stat.
I'd sure like to see a URL. I did a search, including NFPA web site, and can't find that stat.
I'd sure like to see a URL. I did a search, including NFPA web site, and can't find that stat.
75.108.241.151 Conroe, Texas, US
What was that about southern shitholes?
"Pete C." wrote in news:52b1231f$0$47829$862e30e2 @ngroups.net:
Bullshit.
4,000 per year = about 1per 80,000 population per year in the U.S. -- which would translate to about 20 gas explosions per year in metropolitan Indianapolis where I live, or roughly one every two and a half weeks.That doesn't happen, Pete.
"Pete C." wrote in news:52b12368$0$48008$862e30e2 @ngroups.net:
Cite?
Stormin Mormon wrote in news:Wtfsu.920$ snipped-for-privacy@fx17.iad:
You can't find something that isn't there....
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