Lightning strike

[pete]

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 .....  :)

[Fly2e]

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

Dave

[ozzy72]

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

[Dan]

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

[RichieB16]

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.  

[ozzy72]

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

[GeForce]

Hi Pete! Glad it's all sorted now

[pete]

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!  

[SilverFox441]

Mattress? Bedsheets?

Are those hardware or software items?

Glad to see you're alright Pete!

[BMan1113VR]

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

[BMan1113VR]

Mattress? Bedsheets?

Are those hardware or software items?

lol

[JBaymore]

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

[RichieB16]

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.

[Craig.]

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

[ozzy72]

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