Lucky..... Lucky.....Lucky is all I can say!!

[patch697]

Thanks.
You are right about the terror factor.
The worst thing was not being able to do anything and not knowing whether at any moment the pergola was going up in flames then.............(shudder!!)
Or it was going to go bang!

By the sounds of it you did everything you could & all the right things too which is probably why no one was hurt & you still have a house.

Out of a potential disaster you have had the best possible outcome, largely responsible to some very quick thinking I'd say.

So when your hashing over it in your mind (as I know you will) Don't think about what might of happened, think about what did & how everyone is safe due to some fast actions & then pat yourself on the back for not just standing there sh1tting yourself while you watch your house burn down right in front of your eyes.


Thats pretty damn special I think.

[AB]

Shame Snicko, that would of being quite scary. nothing worse then a gas bottle on fire!!!

on a lighter note, I would rock back to the servo with the bottle for another swap and go and bring that bottle in and act real casual like nothing has happened and see what the clerk says...lol

[snicko]

By the sounds of it you did everything you could & all the right things too which is probably why no one was hurt & you still have a house.

Out of a potential disaster you have had the best possible outcome, largely responsible to some very quick thinking I'd say.

So when your hashing over it in your mind (as I know you will) Don't think about what might of happened, think about what did & how everyone is safe due to some fast actions & then pat yourself on the back for not just standing there sh1tting yourself while you watch your house burn down right in front of your eyes.


Thats pretty damn special I think.

You are right. The right decisions were being made and we did had luck on our side as well.

Looking back there is nothing that happened that we could say was not done or done wrong.
I even went over and evacuated the neighbour who came and stood on our verandah as well !! hahaha
The rest of the neighbours family had gone in the car and one of our friends stood in their drive way to stop them from going down next to the fire when they came home.

The kids were put in the car with the dog and one of the women stayed with them.

I have never rung 000 before and once I did that (to me) it became a real emergency.

When it was all over the kids were very excited because they had something to tell at school!!!

[snicko]

Shame Snicko, that would of being quite scary. nothing worse then a gas bottle on fire!!!

on a lighter note, I would rock back to the servo with the bottle for another swap and go and bring that bottle in and act real casual like nothing has happened and see what the clerk says...lol

Hahahahahhahahaha
One of our friends who was there is part owner of a servo and lots of jokes were make about taking it back.
When the insurance is sorted we are going to take it back and ask for another one!! hahahahahaha

[macca]

By the sounds of it you did everything you could & all the right things too which is probably why no one was hurt & you still have a house.

Out of a potential disaster you have had the best possible outcome, largely responsible to some very quick thinking I'd say.

So when your hashing over it in your mind (as I know you will) Don't think about what might of happened, think about what did & how everyone is safe due to some fast actions & then pat yourself on the back for not just standing there sh1tting yourself while you watch your house burn down right in front of your eyes.


Thats pretty damn special I think.

x2 damn special

[Warnie]

Very lucky, glad to hear things are ok and everyone is safe, thats the main thing

[snicko]

Well done snicko for your considered actions in a pressure situation. Patch is right you should be proud of your actions that potentially saved a lot.

And thanks for bringing this to the front of my mind again. I had a barby on Saturday and after we'd finished cooking one of my guests could smell gas. I just turned the bottle off so I'll definately go and check all the fittings again (should have done this on Saturday eh?)

If my posting helps you from having the same thing happen then its all worth it.

[Woof]

Very scary stuff there Snicko, so glad that no one was injured................been putting off getting a Gas Fuse for my BBQ for years, not now, will be getting one next week for sure.

[Yendor]

Snicko that would have been a very frighting event to experience.

I 'm so glad that no one was hurt or property was damaged.

Thank you for sharing.

[NissanGQ4.2]

Very lucky indeed Snicko, glad 2 hear no one was hurt and very minimal damage was done, that could of easily turned into a disaster.