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Apr 7th, 2004 at 1:59pm

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My house was struck by lightning yesterday .... good news (for me at least  Wink ) 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.... )  Wink

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Reply #1 - Apr 7th, 2004 at 2:32pm

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At least lightning doesn't strike twice, Pete!  Wink

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Reply #2 - Apr 7th, 2004 at 2:52pm

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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!!!).

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Reply #3 - Apr 7th, 2004 at 3:40pm

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Reply #4 - Apr 7th, 2004 at 4:28pm

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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.   Grin
 
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Reply #5 - Apr 7th, 2004 at 4:50pm

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Its called Anti-Aircraft fire Richie, and its an excellent idea to stay away from it Wink
 
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Reply #6 - Apr 7th, 2004 at 5:11pm

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Reply #7 - Apr 7th, 2004 at 5:15pm

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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!   8)
 
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Reply #8 - Apr 7th, 2004 at 5:24pm

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Mattress? Bedsheets?

Are those hardware or software items?

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Reply #9 - Apr 7th, 2004 at 8:14pm

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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
 
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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.

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Reply #12 - Apr 7th, 2004 at 10:52pm

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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. 

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Reply #13 - Apr 8th, 2004 at 3:05am

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glad to hear your ok and it didnt turn out more serious.Smiley
 
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Reply #14 - Apr 8th, 2004 at 3:13am

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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 Shocked
 
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I was staying at a friends house after a particularly good party, whilst throwing up into the bathroom sink the house was struck by lightning. This was during a high tension period of the cold war and when the whole place turned white all I could think was, OMG !!! They've done it!!!! ..... quickly followed by hillarity as my friends dad crawled past, the open doorway to the bathroom, to goto the ajoining toilet ... He had been knocked out of bed by the strike.  Shocked
 
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Reply #16 - Apr 8th, 2004 at 6:23am

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Now THAT is funny Grin Grin Grin
 
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Reply #17 - Apr 8th, 2004 at 6:39am

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Yup I was in the house - & the house is out on it's own & on relatively high ground. It all happened in a milisecond - It took me a moment to realise what had happened ...

The whole room & outside flashed almost ultraviolet, the whole house seemed to jolt physically & the loud crack seemed to spread away so it wasn't as loud as I would have imagined. There was a strong smell of 'spark' or ozone as well as burnt plastic  - everything fused out & I thought I'd lost some electrical items - even my PC's ... Luckily the main fuse had blown immediately protecting the rest of the electrical circuit. Just the unfused phone lines & equipment were damaged.
I still haven't found a visible strike point but my neighbour's tractor is parked at the side of my house & the bolt may have grounded through that.
My next door neighbour saw it & said she though I may have been injured it was such a bolt.

There was no warning & I had heard no previous thunder. The clouds weren't even that dark .. just a heavy atmosphere .... Had I been outside I may not be here writing this!  Wink
 
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Reply #18 - Apr 8th, 2004 at 10:06am

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There was no warning & I had heard no previous thunder. The clouds weren't even that dark .. just a heavy atmosphere .... Had I been outside I may not be here writing this!  Wink

Blimey Pete. That was a lucky escape. Did you upset somebody? Shocked

Be extra careful in future. The old story isn't true. Lightning can strike twice in the same place. I've seen it with my own eyes. Wink
 
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Reply #20 - Apr 8th, 2004 at 2:14pm

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Pete are you related to the Bishop of York? I seem to recall he had a similar problem Grin
 
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Reply #21 - Apr 8th, 2004 at 2:17pm

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i remember a lighting bolt hitting the terminal building at memphis airport, sounded like a plane exploded, and i dont think a single person in the terminal spoke a word for like 5 mins.
 
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Reply #22 - Apr 8th, 2004 at 5:54pm

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Well, at least you wern't hurt.
 
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Reply #23 - Apr 12th, 2004 at 10:36am

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Lightning doesn't strike twice in the same place. But that doesn't stop it striking three or four times.
 
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Reply #24 - Jun 19th, 2004 at 8:25pm

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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 Shocked

Even worse Mark - It could've been you! Grin Grin Grin Grin Grin

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