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Gas Leak
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Gas Leak

• How to recognise a gas leak and what to do?
• Harm to vegetation
• Gas leaks which are too small to pose an
  explosive hazard may still affect vegetation,
  causing the decline and death of lawns or large
  shade trees. In addition to leaks from natural
  gas pipes, methane and other gases migrating from
  landfill garbage disposal sites can cause
  necrosis in grass, weeds, or trees. In some
  cases, leaking gas may migrate as far as 100 feet
  from the source of the leak.
• Harm to animals
• Small animals and birds are more sensitive to
  toxic gases, including the methane and carbon
  monoxide present in natural gas. The expression
  canary in a coal mine derives from the
  historical practice of using a canary as an
  animal sentinel to detect toxic
  naturally-occurring coal gas.
• Greenhouse gas emissions
• Methane, the primary part of natural gas, is up
  to 120 times as potent a greenhouse gas carbon
  dioxide. Thus, the release of unburned natural
  gas produces much stronger effects than the
  carbon dioxide that would have been released if
  the gas had been burned as intended.
• Spotting a dry patch of grass in your yard is one
  of many signs of a potential gas leaks. Thats
  why you should rely on all of your senses and
  look for one of the following
• A damaged connection to a gas appliance
• Dirt or water being blown into the air
• Dead or dying plants and vegetation near pipeline
• A fire or explosion near a pipeline
• Exposed pipeline after an earthquake, fire, flood
  or other natural disaster

Listen An unusual sound, such as a hissing,
whistling or roaring sound near your gas line or
your gas appliances could be a result of gas
leaks. Smell! Natural gas has a very distinctive
smell. Some people may not be able to smell the
gas because they have a bad sense of smell or
because the smell is being masked or hidden by
other smells that are present in the location,
such as cooking, damp, musty or chemical smells.
In addition, certain conditions in pipe and soil
can cause smell to fade the loss of odorant so
that it is not detectable by smell. Smell a gas
leak? Contact a plumber immediately.
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