12/26, 2230: HFD responded to a call at Bellerive and Bonhomme, Sharpstown, just a few blocks from where I was trying not to fall asleep at my keys. The incident website said “gas leak,” and so there was nothing for it but to grab cameras and go for my evening walk.
I hung around across the street for about 90 minutes, in case something “newsworthy” happened; happily, it didn’t. About the time I decided that there was nothing to be gained by staying, several of the trucks and ambulances that were lined up just in case started shutting down lights and leaving; by the time I got about half a mile up the street, it was all quiet again.