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Strike Like Lightning
Nov. 6th, 2007 09:47 amAs SarinG could tell you, there was a thunderstorm in my neighbourhood on Saturday night. What made this one memorable was the huge FLASH!!! & simultaneous BOOOM!!! at about 10.30pm which tripped the protector switch in the fusebox, triggered my car alarm & scared the crap out of us.
The following morning, we discovered a tree outside had been struck & had left most of its bark & shards of wood over about a 25m radius, including on top of OBluV8, which explained the alarm going off. There's a substantial crack in the main trunk of the tree which makes it appear likely that soon I'll have a better view of the NYE fireworks than previous years.
The downside is that the EMP unleashed by the lightning fried the ethernet port on my modem (as suspected by Reynardo & confirmed by Obtuse) so I've been sans internet & e-mail until today, when I'm taking full advantage of a relatively quiet morning to read & answer mail & see what you lot have been up to.
( What I've Been Up To )
So now, at work, it's the rain, the wind, Fripp & Eno & me...
The following morning, we discovered a tree outside had been struck & had left most of its bark & shards of wood over about a 25m radius, including on top of OBluV8, which explained the alarm going off. There's a substantial crack in the main trunk of the tree which makes it appear likely that soon I'll have a better view of the NYE fireworks than previous years.
The downside is that the EMP unleashed by the lightning fried the ethernet port on my modem (as suspected by Reynardo & confirmed by Obtuse) so I've been sans internet & e-mail until today, when I'm taking full advantage of a relatively quiet morning to read & answer mail & see what you lot have been up to.
( What I've Been Up To )
So now, at work, it's the rain, the wind, Fripp & Eno & me...
