[weather] LIGHTNING!

[wispfox]

(no, I have no idea why I was exhausted at 5, and now I'm wide awake)

But, LIGHTNING! (which won't help make me any more tired, really!)

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[wispfox.livejournal.com]

No real thunderstorms where you are? That's sad...

[mactavish.livejournal.com]

We have them, but not as often as much of the rest of the country does, and just not as dramatic. (There are parts of California with more impressive ones, but our particular geography doesn't lend itself to them.)

On the other hand, folks here just don't tend to think of lightning as dangerous. Many of us have no healthy respect for it.

[wispfox.livejournal.com]

Aaaah. Yeah. That's unfortunate. Then again, though, the last place I was in got nearly no lightning storms, and _NOTHING_ like this one.

The lightnight last night was powerful - and close - enough that the thunder made the house shake a couple of times. I was impressed. My poor kitty hates thunderstorms, though...

[mactavish.livejournal.com]

shanex's DVD player was apparently a casualty, though his computer survived.

[wispfox.livejournal.com]

Hmm! Yes. I don't think the storm got quite that close to me, but yes.

I believe that my desktop has a surge protector, although my laptop doesn't. And I'm not sure if my cable modem _can_ be surge protected (in terms of the cable line, not the power line). Hmm...

Does he intend to get surge protectors, I hope? :)