Yesterday, my house was hit by lightning.
My main computer is about the only computer still running, well rather almost the only electronic device still running.
We had no power, no water, the phones are toasted, some walls cracked with the impact, at some places you can follow the now unexisting electrical wires by the black burn left on the walls and roof.
It entered by the old TV antenna mast, destroying all TVs, VCRs and Satellite decoders on its way and jumping on every wire close enough. Also bringing down the alarm system and smoke detectors.
The surge protected powerbars are not designed to handle such a burst, as noted on their package when you buy them.
So on my personal list of broken stuff I got my secondary computer, my beloved little Linux router, the TV, VCR and Satellite decoder, heat control, the ethernet switch, the clock and my window's frame was dislodged
many other things in the house are also broken, we haven't finished the inventory yet.
Only my main computer survived, it's the only one in the house equiped with a UPS, I suppose it absorbed the burst.
Although the monitor survived, it has scars. The colors and screen borders are messed because of the magnetic burst that came with the lightning.
I wasn't there when it hit, my parents felt really bad about a second before it hit then BOOOM, like a bomb they said, with sparks and fireworks. Had I been there, I would have been in my room, less than 15 feet from the mast's base.
By an incredible luck, it didn't end up in flames.
I'll be offline for a few days probably, until the mess is cleaned, house rewired and insurance dealt with.
See you later.
RIP electronics caught in the cross fire. Will your stuff be covered by any type of insurance?
You can build it better than ever without worrying about that happening again.
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