Jolted into the 21st Century

I haven't posted since Sunday, and there was a reason for it.

Apparently, the house was struck by lightning Sunday night about 10:30 pm. I was watching TV downstairs in the Margaritaville pit when I heard a strange pop sound. There was no flickering of the lights or no loss of electricity, which happens often here in our subdivision despite the fact that the wires are all underground (unfortunately, the lines coming into it are not).



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The next morning, I found a note from Liz that she couldn't get the computer to work and that we had no hot water. Looked at both and couldn't figure out what possibly could be wrong. Still hadn't thought about that pop, but with two major items going on the fritz at the same time, hhmmnn. There sure was a lot of lightning going on at the time of that strange pop. Could it be?

Called our 'puter guy John from Nerds on Site (how's that for the name of folks who'll fix your computer), and he came out Monday and took a look at it. The mother board was fried and he said it was most likely caused by lightning.

Aha, the culprit.

Beware of Strange "Pops" in the Night. --RoadDog