yeah thats happened in other cities around the country...i.e. the subway tollman set afire in his tollbooth in New York City. Its not just a Texas problem. and there is no smell here, if thats the case it might be a personal problem. Theres been plenty of discussion on which is better. do a search on the subject and you will see more folks say good things about it than bad. the only folks that put it down with a passion are folks that havent been there and of course bch.