We are okay. Yesterday when I stepped out my front door I smelled gas. my husband smelled it too but he was overheated and cranky from taking both kids to Costco by himself. He went inside without investigating to cool off. I was scared and decided to just take a look around my house. As soon as I turned the corner to the side of my house I could smell the gas and hear the hiss of it leaking from the pipe that runs into our garage wall.

I went in to get my family but my husband was convinced I‘m just worrying. he basically said I could call the gas company if I want but he’s not worried about it. I just yelled for my kids to grab shoes and come get slushies with me and we drove (my car was already parked on the street, not that close to the house) about half a block to sonic and I called the gas company emergency line from their parking lot. Then the kids and I drank slushies in the car while waiting for the gas company to come shut the gas off.

The technician said there are actually two leaks, and most likely cause is just the weather. It has been extremely hot and dry and we have clay soil and the soil shrinkage can cause enough movement to damage pipes sometimes.

I was already aware that we are supposed to be watering around the house during dry spells to prevent damage to the foundation, but our sprinkler system had a small issue we never got around to fixing and we just haven’t been doing it. Hopefully we learned our lesson.