Gas Leak and Cold Water

Interesting day today, however it all started last night....We discovered our water heater was leaking water all over the basement carpet, since it was so late we threw some towels on the floor, and opted to call our landlord in the morning. Simple enough, *ringring* no answer to cell phone or housephone(we left messages). Meanwhile Gary, Nikki, and Kendall all went to the driving range. After everybody got home i smelt something, gas. Kendall didnt smell anything, so i decided to go ask Nikki, since girls seem to have a better sense of smell. As soon as i got downstairs it got very STRONG, asking Nikki she is like i smelled it too!! We started cracking windows and opening doors, and when we looked at the water heater you could see what appeared to be gas streaming out. AW! We packed up the kids in the stroller, I called the fire department(KinderMorgan disconnected their local number, very convenient) and Kendall and I headed with the kids to Emily's house about 15 blocks away. We saw the fire truck pull up to our house, Gary and Nikki stayed to talk to them, and we just wanted to get the kids where it was warm. Apparantly our water heater is dangerous and cannot be used, so they unhooked it, and when KinderMorgan did get here they found a gas leak outside on the meter too, huh nice. ANYWAY, we have no hot water now, our landlord is out of town(we finally got ahold of him after 2 messages) and nobody is here to get us a new water heater. Being Easter weekend i doubt the outcome is looking good...so glad i took a shower today, but bath time with the kids all weekend will be tricky....Brigher note, we bought the CUTEST outfits for the kids for Easter dinner Sunday :) Maybe church if i can get Kendall motivated...