The Old Folks Home

[getaclue]

Dh just discovered that part of the router got messed up too. FIOS will have a new one here in 2 days. It's partially working, so I should have internet until the new one arrives.

 

[sourland]

Good morning OF.

 

[getaclue]

Good morning sour, and OF.

 

[getaclue]

More good news. The NVR, and the security cameras got fried too. Yes, we have insurance, but a fairly high deductable, so that's no help either. This is going to cost about $2,500.00 to replace. This is hitting us at the wrong time. It's going to make a deep cut into my Christmas budget.

 

[Bunnylady]

. . . . and my husband thinks I'm paranoid when I unplug electronic devices in thunderstorms.

 

[ronott1]

We have a big fire close to us but across the valley and farmland so we are safe. It is causing smoke and ash here though. It is called the lightning complex fire since several smaller lightning fires have combined into one fire.

For scale, Woodland and Davis are about 15 miles from each other

 

[pennyJo1960]

Morning Old Folks been a heck of ride here Roof yesterday 7a to 7p
8 this morning it was the att guy put a dish back up .. Now get to go to Costco
off to shower had two cups of coffee

 

[getaclue]

We have surge protectors on almost everything, and battery back up (which has extra good surge protection) on our computers, and good tv. Unplugging things, would not have helped in this instance. It did not come through the power supply. It came through the ethernet cables, from the router, to everything connected on that one line. They make ethernet surge protectors, because I've used them. I almost said something the other day, when we got so much lightning, and rain. I'll get us some, and Dh can hook them in. Hopefully that will prevent future issues.

 

[microchick]

This is the elderberry extract that we started on last month.



Found it on Amazon.

Stay safe, @ronott1.

@getaclue, we have the battery back up for our main computers and television also. With our HAM radios we had to add more grounding to protect the radios.

The weird thing is that when it storms, we unplug the radios and detach the antennas from them. One time during a storm we heard a 'pop!' sound coming from the radio room and went in to discover that every time lightening flashed, not even that close to the house, the antennas were picking up a static charge and carrying it into the house through the antenna cable and causing an 'arcing' from the end of the nearest metal surface. Pretty impressive really how sensitive the antennas are to static charges from storms.

Last year a member of our club had his house burn down due to lightening following his antenna being struck and following his coaxial cables into his house.

Really makes you appreciate surge protectors and grounding.

 

[chickadoodles]

Chicka, hon, it took my breath away when I read this. Like you didn't have enough issues!

Praying for a quick and uncomplicated recovery.

Thank you Bunnylady. We both do feel quite a bit better today. I more so than my dh. But he finally ate some scrambled eggs with toast.