LewisM
11-08-2016, 10:48 PM
Just had a storm pass through the Sunshine Coast. Little rain, some wind, but lightning was the issue.
I was setting the alarm on my mobile phone when dazzle and frazzle...kids screaming....shock going through my body, hair standing on end...
One so close as to pass a charge between the phone in my hand and my hand (yet phone is fine)- quite a zap actually. Kids felt a tingle in the bath. Worst of all was the electrical mayhem...
TV is fried. Will pull it apart tomorrow and hopefully just change the fuse as wife said it just popped (flat screen). Too old for warranty, but insurance MAY cover it yet (should have fusion on the policy...which I currently can't locate). 1 year old wireless modem/Router power supply was fried, so I changed it for another. Works, but now it won't connect to the WWW so likely internally cooked somewhere. Pulled out the OLD DLink WIFI (hence how I am writing this :) ).
My laptop was on at the time...no workum - another job for Bob tomorrow with his jeweller's screwdriver. Worst of the lot was my Atik 314L that I am selling was plugged in as I was checking it over before selling... now I can't tell if it is cooked too or not, but I don't like the looks of it. :( :( :( :( :( Fingers crossed insurance :(
Main thing is NO ONE was injured beyond a good scare, but the technology on the other hand....(and ALL of it is connected to surge boards that did not even damned well pop!!! I tried resetting the TV and my laptop powerboards thinking/hoping that would be all it was but narp - red light still on ....Chinese carp!)
Oh, at least I got the Census done on the phone in the meantime :rofl:
I was setting the alarm on my mobile phone when dazzle and frazzle...kids screaming....shock going through my body, hair standing on end...
One so close as to pass a charge between the phone in my hand and my hand (yet phone is fine)- quite a zap actually. Kids felt a tingle in the bath. Worst of all was the electrical mayhem...
TV is fried. Will pull it apart tomorrow and hopefully just change the fuse as wife said it just popped (flat screen). Too old for warranty, but insurance MAY cover it yet (should have fusion on the policy...which I currently can't locate). 1 year old wireless modem/Router power supply was fried, so I changed it for another. Works, but now it won't connect to the WWW so likely internally cooked somewhere. Pulled out the OLD DLink WIFI (hence how I am writing this :) ).
My laptop was on at the time...no workum - another job for Bob tomorrow with his jeweller's screwdriver. Worst of the lot was my Atik 314L that I am selling was plugged in as I was checking it over before selling... now I can't tell if it is cooked too or not, but I don't like the looks of it. :( :( :( :( :( Fingers crossed insurance :(
Main thing is NO ONE was injured beyond a good scare, but the technology on the other hand....(and ALL of it is connected to surge boards that did not even damned well pop!!! I tried resetting the TV and my laptop powerboards thinking/hoping that would be all it was but narp - red light still on ....Chinese carp!)
Oh, at least I got the Census done on the phone in the meantime :rofl: