Gotta Light?
Tonight a nasty storm ripped through Dover. Ever since the city buried our electric, we really haven't had an issue with losing power. We calculated possibly 3 times within the last couple years. Anyway, tonight we lost power in a fierce way. We went into a brown out mode where there was barely enough power to keep everything on. Lights dimmed to 50% or so. Then the power would slowly restore to normal. A few minutes later, we would go back into brown out mode. Finally, it kicked off for good.
A couple months ago, the neighbors behind us had the roof of their 2 story house struck by lightning. The thunder was so loud, we all nearly peed in our pants. :) They had some major damage, but at least everyone was ok. It was a wake up calling for me. I've gotten somewhat lazy about unplugging the electronic devices throughout the house during storms. If a storm is bad enough, make sure you even disconnect the input (cable or phone) to the modem of your PC. Lightning could easily tear up your computer.
Anyway, we had a little excitement tonight. The outage lasted a good hour and 15 minutes or so.
A couple months ago, the neighbors behind us had the roof of their 2 story house struck by lightning. The thunder was so loud, we all nearly peed in our pants. :) They had some major damage, but at least everyone was ok. It was a wake up calling for me. I've gotten somewhat lazy about unplugging the electronic devices throughout the house during storms. If a storm is bad enough, make sure you even disconnect the input (cable or phone) to the modem of your PC. Lightning could easily tear up your computer.
Anyway, we had a little excitement tonight. The outage lasted a good hour and 15 minutes or so.
posted by Craig at 10:19 PM
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