LOCAL RESIDENTS FUME: 'HOW MANY WARNINGS DOES THE CITY NEED?' AFTER DALLAS APARTMENT EXPLOSION
JUST got off the phone with my cousin who lives three blocks from the site of that Dallas apartment explosion. He said the whole building shook like a leaf for ten seconds. Meanwhile, I'm sitting here thinking about that gas main they've been patching on Elm Street for three months. Common sense tells you if you smell gas stronger than a skunk's backside, you don’t just shrug it off. But no, city hall says they couldn't find the leak because the regulator was 'ancient.' So now we have a Dallas apartment explosion because nobody thought to replace rusted pipes before 2 AM. My neighbor's cat won't even come out from under the porch. If you ask me, this wasn't an accident—it was a disaster waiting to happen. Our taxes go up, but safety gets put on layaway?