[Bob]

In that case, you don’t need to smell the gas — Just watch for people dropping dead and you’ll know there’s a gas leak. :=)

[arthurus]

Back in 71 I was living with my wife and two small daughters and a dog in a small house in St Petersburg FL. Wife was at class. It was early afternoon I had the girls and was trying to study for my own upcoming exam. I was terribly sleepy and so were the girls and the dog. They were all asleep. I wanted to just go to sleep but knew I must study the material. I got up and went into the kitchen to heat water to make instant coffee. The little gas stove that you have to light with a match had all four burners turned on with no flame. I dropped the cup I was holding and ran into the living room, scooped up one kid and put her out on the lawn, went back in and got the other kid and then went in and got the dog. Everybody woke up and everybody had a headache. Some toddler fingers had been fiddling with the knobs. I subsequently shut off the gas line and got a two burner electric hotplate.