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Anonymous Coward User ID: 698789 United States 06/19/2009 12:57 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Woo Hoo. I live on a little hilltop. All the trees here have swirl marks from the lightening hitting them. Last night was a trip. I think 3 of the trees got hit. Quoting: DouggieI love Tstorms. I hate replacing modems, computers and tv's. So unplug them when it storms. Contrary to popular belief, a lightning bolt can travel through phone lines and zap a cordless phone that isn't in the cradle. "I seen it with mine own two eyes." |
Douggie (OP) User ID: 706432 United States 06/19/2009 01:12 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Woo Hoo. I live on a little hilltop. All the trees here have swirl marks from the lightening hitting them. Last night was a trip. I think 3 of the trees got hit. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 698789I love Tstorms. I hate replacing modems, computers and tv's. So unplug them when it storms. Contrary to popular belief, a lightning bolt can travel through phone lines and zap a cordless phone that isn't in the cradle. "I seen it with mine own two eyes." Well just like anything else. The phone company blames it on the power company and the power company blames it on the phone company. I thikn I survived another Tstorm...the lightening seems to be slowing. The loud snap it gives off just before the lightening hits is freaky. Its like a bug zapper 100 fold. They have the power to create reality I could explain it better but I would need charts, graphs and an easel. By the way....which ones pink? |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 698789 United States 06/19/2009 01:23 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Woo Hoo. I live on a little hilltop. All the trees here have swirl marks from the lightening hitting them. Last night was a trip. I think 3 of the trees got hit. Quoting: DouggieI love Tstorms. I hate replacing modems, computers and tv's. So unplug them when it storms. Contrary to popular belief, a lightning bolt can travel through phone lines and zap a cordless phone that isn't in the cradle. "I seen it with mine own two eyes." Well just like anything else. The phone company blames it on the power company and the power company blames it on the phone company. I thikn I survived another Tstorm...the lightening seems to be slowing. The loud snap it gives off just before the lightening hits is freaky. Its like a bug zapper 100 fold. I'm pretty sure my modem bit it on that one. I just bought a new phone instead of calling the phone co (this was about 16, 17 years ago). It was nuts. We had just finished smoking a bowl when all of a sudden we heard a crack and there was a blue flash from the phone antenna, it was standing upright on the coffee table. We just looked at each other wide eyed with a WTF? expression. Hilarity ensued. You must be in the midwest or lower-mid-atlantic to get storms like that. |
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Douggie (OP) User ID: 706432 United States 06/19/2009 08:14 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Woo Hoo. I live on a little hilltop. All the trees here have swirl marks from the lightening hitting them. Last night was a trip. I think 3 of the trees got hit. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 698789I love Tstorms. I hate replacing modems, computers and tv's. So unplug them when it storms. Contrary to popular belief, a lightning bolt can travel through phone lines and zap a cordless phone that isn't in the cradle. "I seen it with mine own two eyes." Well just like anything else. The phone company blames it on the power company and the power company blames it on the phone company. I thikn I survived another Tstorm...the lightening seems to be slowing. The loud snap it gives off just before the lightening hits is freaky. Its like a bug zapper 100 fold. I'm pretty sure my modem bit it on that one. I just bought a new phone instead of calling the phone co (this was about 16, 17 years ago). It was nuts. We had just finished smoking a bowl when all of a sudden we heard a crack and there was a blue flash from the phone antenna, it was standing upright on the coffee table. We just looked at each other wide eyed with a WTF? expression. Hilarity ensued. You must be in the midwest or lower-mid-atlantic to get storms like that. Michigan....yeah weve had like 5 pretty serious Tstorms here in the last 24 hours...with more coming. Im kinda in the boonies and usually lose my power (once for like 2 weeks) theyve vowed to work on the power lines over the last few years. They must have done a good job because I havent lost it yet. They have the power to create reality I could explain it better but I would need charts, graphs and an easel. By the way....which ones pink? |
Earth Daughter User ID: 312775 United States 06/19/2009 08:21 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | My uncle had a glass eye and everyone told us it was because he was looking out the window during a lightening storm and got hit in the eye. Don't know if it was BS or not, but it sure kept us kids from windows during lightening storms. LOL "Arrows of hate have been shot at me too, but they never hit me, because somehow they belonged to another world, with which I have no connection whatsoever." - Albert Einstein |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 698789 United States 06/19/2009 08:32 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Michigan....yeah weve had like 5 pretty serious Tstorms here in the last 24 hours...with more coming. Im kinda in the boonies and usually lose my power (once for like 2 weeks) theyve vowed to work on the power lines over the last few years. They must have done a good job because I havent lost it yet. Quoting: DouggieEver thought about hard wiring a generator? I'm in upstate NY and we get nasty ice storms. It's not something I can do in an urban setting. You might want to think about it. Just know what you want to run and what KW you need to run, wire it into your circuit box and you are good to go. :) |
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OneAngryMom User ID: 697082 United States 06/19/2009 08:39 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | It was nuts. We had just finished smoking a bowl when all of a sudden we heard a crack and there was a blue flash from the phone antenna, it was standing upright on the coffee table. We just looked at each other wide eyed with a WTF? expression. Hilarity ensued. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 698789priceless great mental pictures there |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 697624 United States 06/20/2009 05:29 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Woo Hoo. I live on a little hilltop. All the trees here have swirl marks from the lightening hitting them. Last night was a trip. I think 3 of the trees got hit. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 698789I love Tstorms. I hate replacing modems, computers and tv's. So unplug them when it storms. Contrary to popular belief, a lightning bolt can travel through phone lines and zap a cordless phone that isn't in the cradle. "I seen it with mine own two eyes." Yep! A dude at the McDonalds down a couple blocks from my house was zapped when a bolt struck the joint as he was taking the dishes out the dishwasher a couple weeks ago. So many people don't realize their playing russiian roulette if you're on the phone, doing the dishes, holding your mate, ;) or outside especially when the bolts are hitting the ground in your vincinity. |
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Douggie (OP) User ID: 707093 United States 06/20/2009 09:45 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Lightning is responsible for my on board lan not working and presently taking up an unnecessary slot for an Ethernet card. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 701822It didn't even strike NEAR me it was miles away and the static in the air was so great it fried 2 router ports and my on board Lan. Surprisingly, I survived without one item being fried. It was hitting all around the house. Every year in the past I would have to change things out. But this year maybe a good year. They have the power to create reality I could explain it better but I would need charts, graphs and an easel. By the way....which ones pink? |