Lightning Strike
Hello Guys/gals -Occasionally I see a post in here that's way off topic so I hope the group
doesn't mind this one, but we're in the middle of something I'm not sure's
possible even as I sit here waiting for the Com Ed crew. Wanted to see if
anyone here had any experience or thoughts. Yesterday morning at 6:30 a.m. I was standing downstairs in the kitchen not
far from our sliding glass door during a particularly violent thunderstorm.
Suddenly out of the corner of my eye I saw a flash of lightning and what I
can only describe as an explosion that rocked the home and threw what looked
like welders sparks all over our back deck. It literally shook the house and
that's exactly what I thought happened. Here's the extreemly wierd aftermath. Every tv cable box in the house was
frozen. If it wasn't on we couldn't turn it on. The two that were were
frozen on the televisons (pictures were frozen sound was going on). The
storm came so fast we didnt know it was in the area. Eventually we unplugged
all of them and all came back to normal except the one in our bedroom which
is dead. Then the speakers on my computer were found to be dead. Not the
computer nor anything else plugged into the same power surge protecter, just
the speakers. Then . . . our garage door opener is fried or seems to be dead
but all other items in garage (llike freezer) are fine. Our door bell is
fried, but lights to front porch are ok. Our furnace will not turn on, but
washer, dryer and all else are fine. Judy has a dictation machine on her
desk that my daughter was going to use to transcribe some of my work. The
damn thing turned on by itself, ejected a tape and would not turn off. We
had to unplug it. It's plugged into the same surge protector Judy's computer
is on. Nothing else was damaged there either ! ! ! I walked around outside and cannot see any evidence that the lightning hit
the house or even the ground. I thought if it did it would at least leave a
burn mark. Very puzzled right now and maybe looking at some pretty stiff
bills (hoping insurance will cover). Anyone ever heard of such a thing.?
Have any thoughts? Thanks for reading. p.s. my bass boat is ok and was charging as soon as we through the one and
only circuit breaker that was blown. (there maybe that covers the ot
post<g>) God Bless America Josh The Bad Bear |
