I recently had about 8 inches of water in my basement and the pilot light on both the hot water heater and furnace went out. I called the utilities company and asked if the could send someone to start the pilot light. Right before they came, my husband was able to start both of them. (they had both been turned off for a week) However, the utilities worker came in and said that they can't be started and they shouldn't be started and he wrote up a violation. He said the problem was that the insulation got wet. I have called a few different guys, plumbers and hvac, and got conflicting thoughts on this. Some say turn it off, get a new one. Some say to start it. What is your opinion on this?