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My house was struck by lightning yesterday .... good news (for me at least  ;) ) I wasn't outside .... bad news was that my phone lines were melted & isdn box roasted to a melow brown. Luckily the electrics fused out immediately so no further damage ... but being off line is scary! Took the phone guys 12 hours to trace & replace all the blown circuits .... Back in touch with real life again thank god !! (It's odd to discover that being off line is a weird sub-cyber surreal experience & not to be recommended.... )  ;)

Result will be : Late update today .....  :)

At least lightning doesn't strike twice, Pete!  ;)

Dave

Hi Pete, agreed being off-line is weird and results in strange things happening like refurbishing the bathroom (oh you're not married, you don't get that kind of nonsense, lucky you!!!).

Mark

Ohh, Dear me... Glad you're all right Pete...
Dan

It's odd to discover that being off line is a weird sub-cyber surreal experience

Yeah, theres all kinds of wierd stuff out there isn there.  Like the big yellow thing in the sky...I don't know about you-but I'm staying away from it.  

Its called Anti-Aircraft fire Richie, and its an excellent idea to stay away from it

Hi Pete! Glad it's all sorted now

like refurbishing the bathroom (oh you're not married, you don't get that kind of nonsense, lucky you!!!).

.... worse ... I found myself cleaning the bath & tidying the house .... worse still ..... cleaning those matress liner things that sit under bedsheets ... jeeeze ... stay on line guys .... it's safer!  

Mattress? Bedsheets?

Are those hardware or software items?

Glad to see you're alright Pete!

jeez, must have a tall house

glad to here everything is back to normal!

i would be scared out of my mind if lightning hit the house

Mattress? Bedsheets?

Are those hardware or software items?

lol

Sounds like you came out of that reasonably OK compared to what it could have been.  Glad no one was hurt....and you still HAVE a house to repair.

best,

.............john

Hey Pete were you inside your house when this happened?  A few years ago I had lightning hit the power poll accross the street from my house (I was in the living room and saw it).  It was the loudest sound I ever heard-scared the hell out of me!  The sound set my car alarm off!  Anyway-it was interesting.  

Its called Anti-Aircraft fire Richie, and its an excellent idea to stay away from it

Oh, OK.

glad to hear your ok and it didnt turn out more serious.

I suppose Pete should look on the bright side of this at least it was only lightning, could have been elephants! If that had happened he'd still be tidying up