14 Jul
2001
14 Jul
'01
2:14 p.m.
Yes. The control board in my Dad's garage door opener was killed by a close
lightning strike. My sister, who owns the house next door to him, lost the
motherboard on her PC -- and it wasn't on at the time, just plugged in.
-----Original Message-----
From: Eric Chomko <chomko(a)greenbelt.com>
To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
Date: Saturday, July 14, 2001 9:00 PM
Subject: thunderstorm damages!
I've been accumulating the damages from a recent
thunderstorm. Wow!
Originally I thought
it was just a GFI breaker and the phones. But it turns out that a
computer got hit (just a PC),
and the cable box as well as a TV. I'm making a list (8 entries so far).
Thank God my bro-in-law
here in Maryland gave me a surge supressor that I put on my SWTPC. Makes
me think I need
more of those things.
Anyone else have such an event happen? Also, take this as a warning to
protect you most valuable
possessions. I intend to get a few more surge suppressors to protect
stuff. This is the one and only
time that this has happened to me, and I'm felling lucky.
Eric