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Old 02-27-2013, 03:23 PM
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Originally Posted by batman911 View Post
I think you may be suprised to know how many you already have in your neighborhood if you live in one of the newer villages without natural gas service. I have one in the front yard, as do several of my neighbors. I see no more danger of explosion than having natural gas. Everything is under ground until it reaches the point of use. Most farm houses have propane tanks above ground and I have never heard of one exploding.
I am not sure if this is relevant, but all eight homes that have burnt to the ground here in The Villages from lightning strikes in the last seven years had gas lines running through their attic. Running gas lines through the attic is code here in this area.

This area of central Florida is the lightning capital of the U.S.

There are pluses and minuses to everything. In five years living here in TV, we have lost power three or four times and the longest was a couple of hours.

We have never owned a generator and needed one only once in Ohio when hurricane winds somehow got inland and blew down a lot of stuff and we were without power for three days.

I guess you bring with you the ways you dealt with things back where you are from. Nothing wrong with that.
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