BOOM! everything is fried

[Twitchin Kitten]

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Last night I'm cooking dinner and Matt's looking out the back door and the whole house lit up, shook and threw him back a step. Lights went out. TV went out.

Cable box - fried. We lost all our shows and stuff.
Apple TV - fried. I can't even restore it.
Kitchen overhead light - blew out both bulbs and I'm hoping the fixture isn't fried.

There was smoke coming out of the ground at the house on the corner.

[Vizth Hal]

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holy shit, that's about the best reaction i can think of atm. Carefully dig around where the lightning hit, you may find something cool

[Twitchin Kitten]

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No marks on the ground where it hit. The fire marshal came and "inspected". The guy behind me is a fireman up north and he couldn't find anything either. He said if the ground absorbed the hit most likely it spread and you won't see anything. I figure it spread because we got fried. Dave next door had half his house blow the breakers.

[Vizth Hal]

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ya I remember when I was living with my folks, lighting hit the house while I was in the room with the breaker box, threw sparks clear across the room, and scared the hell out of me.

[LKTraz]

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DAMN!

Close strike and with most of your utility lines run under ground a good deal of the current made it into the grid.

So much stuff getting sizzled sucks ass.

[BarEdul]

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Yeah umm reasonably local Take a look at this!

Elemetary school go boom too!

http://6abc.com/weather/pa-school-destro...ht/839262/

Hope you have luck getting everything taken care of this lightening crap is a big concern for any home owner!