Heh, Lost Earth Mother there is a reason that I have not plugged in my TV for over ten years... (I only saw B5 because a friend recorded it.)
Shatterdragon - I hope that things work out for you, the only time I ever had to call EMS it was because of a person living downstairs smoking in bed, after a while the mattress was smoking too. (I gather that he was abusive to the EMTs who broke in and woke him up...
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At least in my area both the police and EMTs are trained to react first, then worry about whether the call was needed afterwards. When they have reacted otherwise the press has torn them apart. You may want to call up the precinct and ask them what they found, if anything. They also tend to believe that most false calls are mistakes, not deliberate hoaxes, so they are unlikely to be too hard on the matter. Mind you, if they really did find something it is unikely that they will tell you.
The Auld Grump
, and it's a texture thing for me). I take no offense to your response JoseDominguez, in fact, I appreciate the comments. I'm not saying listen, just...pay attention while your there, notice where the cutoff switch to the pumps is, and where the extingishers are and just take the time to be careful. For yourself, your friends, and those around you, there are too many people rushing through life, and it's about time some of them slowed down, not likely to happen, but it's true. Besides, tech is getting to the point where any number of electical items will soon find their ways into and around stations, so I'm not worried too much about cell phones. For reference, the three biggest causes of risk of cell explosion. Heat, forcing the fumes to hover instead of sink (remember, if you can smell it, your surrounded by gas fumes), lack of wind or breeze, which spreads the fumes too thin to be a real risk (and why you can throw a lit match or cig into a pool of gas with no worry), and oxygen (which if the fumes are too thick then you don't have to worry no matter the type of flame, unless it's self fed with no real need for oxygen). Add even a small spark to this (yes, even a sparkplug or cellphone) and the fun will begin, but the chances of these circumstances all occuring together is rare to nearly impossible, just don't blame me if your pants explode in flames one day because of your cell ringing in your pocket, and I have seen a sparkplug ignite gas fumes personally, though thankfully it was a pool of leaked gas under the car, and only a sudden burst of flame that scared the hell outa the mechanic when he started up the car, I did tell him I smelled gas 
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