A couple of years ago when we returned from a trip to Virginia, the modem on our iMac wasn't responding as well as our telephone. The phone company and said the problem was internal and not on the incoming line. It could be the answering Machine, modem, etc. It was the modem. Lightening struck the house next door and killed their phone and it came into our house on the phone line.
Dale Breeden ----- Original Message ----- From: "Henri Yandell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Mac Group" <macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> Sent: Sunday, August 31, 2003 7:14 PM Subject: Re: MacGroup: Re: Lightning > > [Some negative views, and some questions...] > > How about cable lines? > > These are underground, so I assume it's unlikely that a lightning strike > could hit these [unless they hit it at the entry to my house], but it > seems that if lightning hit my neighbours powerlines, it could easily > enter the cable line and zip straight into my house, blowing every > networked computer and the tv's. > > When I leave the house for a holiday, I pull all power out and cable > lines, however, for a lot of the lightning storms that seem to happen > around here, I would still be unplugging and unscrewing when the storm > passed. > > While there's probably mathematics for storms happening more often at > night, we're all at work for 10 hours of the day, and asleep for another 6 > hours minimum. This means that if a storm happens in 16/24's of the day > [aka 2/3rds] then we'll not be able to disconnect everything. So unless > you're a religious watcher of the weather channel [my wife is, so other > people might be too I guess] then pulling the cables out is really only an > exercise with Sods [Murphys] Law. ie) if you don't, then you'll get hit. > > Additionally, how about telephone lines? I used to pull out modem lines > when killing machines for storms, but now am on cable. Is there a risk of > fire if telephones are not pulled out? Equally, is there a risk of fire > anyway? If lightning hits my wiring, won't the house probably burn down? > > Lastly, does anyone know what the state of home insurance is with regards > to lightning? Is it considered an act of God? > > Hen > > On Fri, 29 Aug 2003, Allan Atherton wrote: > > > Anne Cartwright <cartwrig at aye.net> wrote: > > > My whole set up is hooked to a surge protector which in turn is plugged > > > into a UPS/surge protector, however as I understand it, if lightnig > > > hits close enough it will fry them too. A surge protector cannot > > > protect against a strong hit by lightening. > > > > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will > | be September 23. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. > | This list's page is <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>. > > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be September 23. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. | This list's page is <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>.
