To: carepedeum2000 who wrote (43655 ) 12/18/2000 1:15:55 AM From: Rande Is Read Replies (5) | Respond to OT> I'm quite behind on answering posts, email and PMs. . .I lost my cable modem and several of my monitors this weekend. Well. . . there is more to it than that actually. . . . during the storms that tore through here on Saturday, a 60 foot pine tree in the back yard was struck by lightning. I know that now. . .and we are all fine. . . but at the time it was quite an ordeal. My family and I were sitting around in the Living Room mostly talking when suddenly POW!!! . . there was an explosion in the room, which sounded exactly like one of my 12 guage shotguns. . . .then we heard the thunder clap reverberate throughout the hollow below our hill. . . and realized immediately that lightning had struck. Braving the pouring blowing rain, I inspected the exterior of the house, looking for where the lightning had struck. One of our lighting switchplates had buckled and the wallpaper around it ripped away in a strange fashion. I believe that the internal clap was a sympathetic electrical discharge of several electrical systems within the home. . . like a miniature internal lightning clap which was triggered by the massive one just outside. . . . at least that is what makes the most sense at this time.
