Another gas explosion in Ohio

Another gas explosion in a home. Kids were injured in this one. Gas just insn't something to mess with. Details are still sketchy as to the cause.

Winter plumbing freeze ups.

Its that time of year again, when things get down right chilly, and if your on vacation to Florida, or some other place thats more agreeable than the Cleveland area, you had best take some precautions with your home to prevent frozen and ruptured pipes due to a boiler problem when you are gone. The easiest thing to do is have a neighbor check on your house every day..but will they? Next best option is to install a freeze alert device, which is like an answer machine for your phone and it reads the temperature and if the temp drops below a set point, it actually starts to dial out phone numbers with a pre recorded message warning of the situation. Calls could be placed to your cell phone, and your heating contractor. Probably the best option is to have your alarm company install a sensor that calls their monitoring station should there be an issue and then they would have a list of people to call...but all that said, some people will still leave their home for days on end, and the boilers pilot will go out, and the people will come home to ruptured pipes and frozen water all over their house. Have a great winter!