Yes indeed. Because when your eyes aren't able to deceive you, the other senses are very keen.

 Oh BTW, I wanted to make this clear here in the OOC since I'm not portraying it very well IC, Serpentine wasn't blinded by the gas, she was blinded by the explosion to the face, the gas only caused a stinging sensation and watering, unless [@Polaris North] you want to make blinding a property of the gas.