Do You Smell Something Burning?

Kathy, Dan and the kids came over for dinner after church. I made them one of my favorite college dinners...BBQ chicken Pizza! I just love that stuff! Especially with Sweet Baby Ray's BBQ sauce! And then I even made my grasshopper pie dessert which is to die for! Kathy brought over a delicious cake which looked almost too pretty to eat! So, basically we had a feast!

After dinner we sat around and talked and tried to keep the kids entertained with my very limited toys (I knew that blow-up alien and mini, cheap bball hoop would come in handy for something...). It was just a regular, uneventful Sunday evening...when all of a sudden, while Kathy and I were in cleaning up in the kitchen she said..."Do you smell something burning?"

At first I didn't, but as I came over towards Kathy it was clear that a burning smell was coming up through the vent! I looked a little puzzled at first, then decided to go downstairs to check it out. When I went into the room where the furnace is, the smell was much stronger and the air just seemed thicker! It didn't smell like gas...but Dan and Kathy both suggested we call someone to have them come check it out. (I guess not too long ago some apartment building out their way had blown up from a gas leak!) So, we got the kids and our cell phones, went outside and called 911!!!

And not too long after...911 responded! As we sat on my dark, quiet street, we could hear the sirens coming loud and clear!!! Then a cop car and two fire trucks (yes, two!) came up our streets with all their lights flashing! (Luckily they had at least turned off their sirens). One thing I thought was a little weird though is that none of my neighbors came out to check what was going on!?!! You would think that they would want to know if their building was going to burn down!?!!! I know I would.

I showed the firemen into where the smell was coming from. They tested it for gas leaks and carbon monoxide and all that junk and then called me back in. They told me that nothing was detected (So, we weren't going to die!)...and that the smell was coming from none other than our A/C unit....and that the fan belt had over-heated or something like that!

So, it's a good thing we have all these firemen and policemen to come tell us when our fan-belt overheated! Ya...so I felt a little embarrassed...but they told me that I did the right thing by calling them and that it is always better to be safe!!

So, there you have it! It was quite the welcoming party into my new apartment! But hey...now I can say that I KNOW 911 works. They really do respond---With their lights, sirens, everything! :-)