Dean I never sell a man short. For all I know your a master plumber in your spare time to go along with other talents. Nope to much respect for you to think your incapable of anything, just sharing my general knowledge from messing with that stuff for a while. That is why I purposely said what "I would do" and not what "You should do". You are your own man.
BTW had a gas leak two months ago that was a result from some work done to gas lines 5 years ago in the house. It was at a fitting on elbow joint where pipe compound had become dried and brittle. Turns out plumber used the cheap stuff. Had to find leak using soapy water and after that just checked every joint and flexible hose in the house to be sure no more leaks. 10 years ago had a flexible gas line start to leak, soapy water.
I do know this though, people sometimes have a stigma or phobia on natural gas especially after disasters and crazy occurrences like what your facing. I know very capable men that are DIY kings that won't even blink at gas leak problems but just call someone to fix it and have been around natural gas their entire lives. Got family in New Orleans that had simple gas leak after Katrina, there was no one to help and father in law even in insurance business could could not get someone there in less than a week. Was able to find the leak using simple soap water test and it was simple fix. They did not have much a for a while but they were at least not inconvenienced from not having hot water.
Just read where they asked Columbia to step out and that another competing gas company is stepping in to handle situation. That's not good for Columbia but at this point who cares.
Good luck and hope you don't get used to cold showers.
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