Yesterday after being out for a couple hours, I came home to a basement covered in a thin layer of water. One of the internal fittings on the water heater had corroded and was slowly leaking water. There was no water anywhere in the morning, everything was fine.

I'm not saying people should shut stuff off like the furnace and water heater and porch lights when they are not home, but at the same time don't believe that there is no danger at all with every single appliance and fixture in the house that runs, be you home or not.

Had we been boarding a plane to go away for a week instead of driving to the grocery store and back, instead of small puddle slowly moving across the floor the damage could have been significantly worse.

The new water heater will be going into catch pan because down the road it may happen again, with a hose running to the drain.

The stuff like the oven, I don't like leaving on, because everything is not as safe as people believe, things happen from time to time. I do know the odds of something happening to an oven are very slim, when it's turned off it's closer to none.