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[KingSparta]

So yesterday a Storm came over the house, bolts of lightning came out of the sky, and hit out side the house very close.

Router Fried, One Of My TVs Is Fried, Cable Modem Fried, My 8-Port Switch Fried, Part Of My TV Signal Distribution System Is Fried, Some Siding Came Off The House (I fixed Today).

Today The Cable Company Replaced The Cable Modem, The Rest Should Be Here On Monday (I Hope).

So about $500 In Damage.

[Magic_Randy]

Scary stuff. Glad you and Sue are safe.

[rjm]

Close by lightning has got to be one of nature's scariest things.

[jmone]

We had a strike on the HFC network near our house once and lost tons of stuff connected to the home network, it is worth checking stuff that has a modem it in / connected to the phone lines (eg Fax, PC's etc) as we blew both of these as well as stuff plugged into ethernet (eg also lost a PS3)

[KingSparta]

I still don't know if my netTALK DUO Or My Phone System Is still working.

[KingSparta]

Well The 8-Port Router And The HDMI Converter Arrived, And Working Well, 3 Out of 4 TVs Are Working.

Now All I Need To Do Is Buy A Small TV For One Of My Bathrooms So I Can Watch TV While On The Throne.

[KingSparta]

Guess what....

I was hit by lightning again...

this time

1. TV small TV for bathroom
2. 55 inch LED TV (about 12 months old, I have a service plan, they will be out on friday to look at it)
3. my computer, my printer HP office pro, my external 4 terabyte drive
4. my roku
5. my complete antenna system (about $1,000)
6. my Tivo, (I have a service plan, Tivo is sending me a new one).
7. new 8-port router
8. cable modem
9. nettalk phone
10. electrician replaced 3 breakers in my panel box, they are coming back next week to do more work replacing a power line that is now toast.

one of my neighbors had all there pictures fall off the wall her power was out till today, since it tore up her service line.

this one was bad, this time the insurance company is involved.

[JimH]

Ouch!  Amazing it happened twice.  Maybe He is trying to Talk to You.

[KingSparta]

If he is, he is making an impression.

It's this heat, and in the afternoons it builds into a storm almost every afternoon for the past 2 months or so.

[JimH]

Have you considered grounding your shoes? 

[rjm]

Are we experiencing more extreme hot weather due to climate change? The evidence is in.
http://www.climatecodered.org/2012/08/the-new-climate-dice-public-perception.html

[KingSparta]

Have you considered grounding your shoes? 

well the cable guy said they will return next week to lay a new line, and the current line is not grounded correctly (it's not grounded at all).

I should take a picture of my Omnidirectional antenna is in like 3 parts now, the other one seems undamaged, except I know it burned out the rotor, and the amplifier since there are burn marks on it, and it blew the cover off of it, no need to remove the screws because they riped out also..

I made Gyro's for dinner, yummy.

[KingSparta]

After An attempt to fix the TV, Today Best Buy Agreed To A Replacement TV (Since I Have a Warranty Thru Best Buy)

The Replacement I Chose Is A: LG 55" Class Cinema 3D 1080p 120Hz LED TV with SmartTV (54.6" diagonal)

http://www.lg.com/us/tvs/lg-55LM6700-led-tv