Frazzled Nerves!

Today has been an unsettling day beginning shortly after I got up this morning.
I was sitting in my office at the front of my house when I hear this pop, pop sound.  It was a different sound so thought I had best investigate.  Walked down the hall and into the bedroom and as I did I saw this flash outside the window.  The blinds were closed but I could still see it which was rather scary and went to the front door to see if there was anything going on.

A neighbor was across the street walking her dog and said she had seen a flash that seemed to come from the south side of my yard/house.  And then she said I think I can smell gas.  I stepped out further and thought I could also smell gas.   My gas meter is on the south side of my house.  Called my neighbor across the street and he came over but couldn't smell anything.  Decided to call the gas company and have them come check things out just to be safe.  Later learned that if it had been a gas leak there would have been a fire that did not burn out.

The gas service man arrived fairly promptly and with his testing instruments went around the outside and inside my house, but discovered nothing.  He shut off my furnace and water heater and then went back out to do some more checking.  The man came to my door and said he thought he had discovered something.  So I went with him and we walked over to the city's electrical box and noticed a piece at the base was broken and we thought we could could smell something. 

Next phone call went to the city offices as there is a light pole at the corner of my property.  They sent out a team to investigate the electrical box and my meter, but again found nothing.  Everything seemed to be checking out.  My gas was turned back on and everyone felt things were ok.  We're thinking that maybe there was a surge in the light pole that cause the pop and flare.  Guess we'll never know for sure. 

I still feel a little on edge.  Have done a lot of praying and trying to keep the faith.  Tonight the street light came on and all seems to be in order.
My kids have been here and double checked everything and feel like all will be well.  Just hope I don't have another adventure like this in a long, long time!