If you live in a nice neighborhood like me you wouldn't have to put up with such danger and inconvenience. ------------- Max Charleston SC
On Wed, Aug 19, 2020 at 6:50 PM Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Was sitting at my desk At the computer yesterday during a thunderwhumper > that was rolling through. Got a big ZAP right there, thought I had been hit > by lightning, heard the boom a half second later back behind the house so > the strike was very close by. Not sure what it hit, tree in the woods or > something I guess. Fried my uverse modem which is about 6ft from where I > was sitting so I’m thinking it came through the (buried) phone line. Again. > > This is like the fifth time this has happened, I guess the lightning > induces a high voltage spike in the line. I try to tell the ATT people I > need an arrestor or surge suppressor or something on the network interface > but it doesn’t sink in. So they send me a new modem every couple of years. > > --FT > Sent from iPhone > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
