Guest ellas Posted October 22, 2003 Report Share Posted October 22, 2003 having a right big lightening storm in the northeast :unsure: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Posted October 22, 2003 Report Share Posted October 22, 2003 B) B) B) B) B) B) me love lightning :rolleyes: B) B) B) B) B) B) even though it fried my XP2400 CPU. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ellas Posted October 22, 2003 Report Share Posted October 22, 2003 me hate it,its this b/yonder modem I'm worried about,suppose I should really have shutdown and unplugged everything :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doug Posted October 22, 2003 Report Share Posted October 22, 2003 Drifted away now. thought it was early fireworks earlier but the bang was ~2-3 secs after the flash. sort of all round us radius about half a mile. :ph34r: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest nellie2 Posted October 22, 2003 Report Share Posted October 22, 2003 If it was me I would be unplugged and sitting in the dark waiting for it to go away!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Posted October 22, 2003 Report Share Posted October 22, 2003 the bang was ~2-3 secs after the flash.I had it right over my head at work once!Saw the lightning and at the same time there was a screech as the air was ripped apart just above me, then milliseconds later a huge bang as the thunder came. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Posted October 22, 2003 Report Share Posted October 22, 2003 B) B) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doug Posted October 22, 2003 Report Share Posted October 22, 2003 Was I in between those? :huh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ellas Posted October 22, 2003 Report Share Posted October 22, 2003 I did unplug the modem nel and took the cat cable out of the puter,just left it on though as I have a surge protector. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted October 23, 2003 Report Share Posted October 23, 2003 VERY ENTERTAINING is a good thunder storm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkey Posted October 23, 2003 Report Share Posted October 23, 2003 why do you need to unplug your pc in a storm? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Posted October 23, 2003 Report Share Posted October 23, 2003 why do you need to unplug your pc in a storm?If lightning hit on or around a power line or a phone line it could cause a power spike that would cripple the sensitive components within your PC, a surge protector is designed to prevent this so every one should have 1 that covers power and phone lines.My PC was recently taken out in a power spike, I replaced virtually everything until I figured out it was the CPU that had blown, I now have a surge protector :rolleyes: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tankus Posted October 23, 2003 Report Share Posted October 23, 2003 Unless we get some heavy rain here in the south east , we are going into winter facing a drought ......huh ......? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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