o/t what a night !!

[DTG]

my house got hit by lightning last night, it destroyed my phones,tv's,2 pc's,dvd player,sound system, sat TV system...and everything else I leave plugged in all the time.

the worst part was I had a spare satellite box in my computer room and I had the phone cable out of it and just lying on the ground. My dog was asleep right beside it when the lightning hit and got a really bad shock, so bad it burnt away a load of hair. poor old mutt !! she is fine now

lucky I had just been out with the band so none of my gear was plugged in thank god. However my insurance cover me so it just means I have no phone or TV or pc for about a week !!! all I have to keep me going is my bongo a sr5 and a mark bass rig

 

[Jodizzle]

No WAY!!!!! That's crazy man. Sorry to hear. Glad you are okay .. and the dog. Sucks about all your electronic equipment though. I never think about that kind of stuff living in the desert.
Hope the insurance stuff doesn't take too long.

 

[oli@bass]

the worst part was I had a spare satellite box in my computer room and I had the phone cable out of it and just lying on the ground. My dog was asleep right beside it when the lightning hit and got a really bad shock, so bad it burnt away a load of hair. poor old mutt !! she is fine now

Glad you and your musical equipment are ok. Hopfully you can recover the data on your computer...

 

[bovinehost]

the worst part was I had a spare satellite box in my computer room and I had the phone cable out of it and just lying on the ground. My dog was asleep right beside it when the lightning hit and got a really bad shock, so bad it burnt away a load of hair. poor old mutt !! she is fine now

Dogs are notoriously bad about processing unusual information. She must have spent quite a while looking for the fiery beast that attacked her.

 

[daangroen]

aww man that sux especially for poor doggy, but also for you ofcourse, hope you and your dog won't suffer permanent damage from it

 

[Aragorn35016]

I feel ya man, I have had two TV's blown up on 2 different occasions not to mention surving tornado that ripped the apartment my family lived in at the time to shreds at 4 in the morning when I was 15 (talk about an experience!) So I know what its like to get your stuff jacked up by the elements. We had a thunderstorm at my place last night and I unplugged everything I owned! No way I was going to give lightening a chance to blow up my new SVT 3-pro!

 

[fly]

didn't you have a surge protecter?

every electronic unit we have here is plugged into a surge protecter.

glad the pooch is doin' good....*poor doggie*


and good to hear it's all covered.....

 

[carpedebass]

Must have been some kinda' storm... glad no-one got hurt...!

 

[INMT]

I wonder if anyone makes a surge protector for dogs......

 

[Smakbass]

You can put a surge protector on the whole house as well, I had one of these put in.

 

[Soul Man]

Glad to hear you and poochie are o.k. - sorry about your electronics!

 

[fly]

I wonder if anyone makes a surge protector for dogs......

hahahhaha.....good one.........

 

[Oldtoe]

You can put a surge protector on the whole house as well, I had one of these put in.

Is there room to plug in six more houses?

 

[DTG]

cheers guys, we dont really get storm like that, it just rains all the time.so it was a bit of a shock 'sorry about the pun'. Yeah jack the dog spent the rest of the night looking behind her must get surge protection stuff

 

[DTG]

cheers guys, we dont really get storm like that, it just rains all the time.so it was a bit of a shock 'sorry about the pun'. Yeah jack the dog spent the rest of the night looking behind her must get surge protection stuff tomorrow

 

[phatduckk]

wow thats crazy. at least you get a new TV now

 

[Aussie Mark]

You can put a surge protector on the whole house as well, I had one of these put in.

That didn't help us when a tree took out the power transformer on the pole across the street - the surge was too big and quick for the surge protector. The neighbour told us she saw flames shoot along the power line as the surge headed for our house. It fried the a/c, oven, a TV, and phone line. All were replaced under insurance eventually, so no harm really.