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| Rogue bolt of lightning fucks me hard!!! |
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| Arseen:
--- Quote from: tiktektak on June 08, 2015, 03:08:21 PM ---Do you not have a Thor's Hammer on your roof? Thought all Finns had that. --- End quote --- If you mean lightning rod, yes we have but that does not help if lightning comes thru electric and phone lines. If you mean real Thor's Hammer, Norwegians own that. ;) |
| Arseen:
--- Quote from: TDIRunner on June 08, 2015, 03:17:23 PM ---I don't know about your country, but over here our home owner's insurance usually covers stuff like that. --- End quote --- Depends on the insurance. We'll check it. And as the surge came thru electric and phone lines. it might be that phone and electric companies have to pay as their fail safes failed, but as the lightning bolt was extra strong it might be that the unforseeable force of nature claim frees them. We'll see. |
| TDIRunner:
--- Quote from: Arseen on June 08, 2015, 03:27:05 PM --- --- Quote from: TDIRunner on June 08, 2015, 03:17:23 PM ---I don't know about your country, but over here our home owner's insurance usually covers stuff like that. --- End quote --- Depends on the insurance. We'll check it. And as the surge came thru electric and phone lines. it might be that phone and electric companies have to pay as their fail safes failed, but as the lightning bolt was extra strong it might be that the unforseeable force of nature claim frees them. We'll see. --- End quote --- I can pretty much guarantee that the last part will apply to the electric company. |
| monjici:
Damn, you're really not lucky. There are two things I really dislike: computer issue and car issues. I'm so dependent on these ... I'm not sure if a UPS would have protected your PC for such a force of nature, but I would suggest something like a 1300W UPS from APC if you don't already have one. |
| Arseen:
--- Quote from: TDIRunner on June 08, 2015, 03:43:50 PM --- --- Quote from: Arseen on June 08, 2015, 03:27:05 PM --- --- Quote from: TDIRunner on June 08, 2015, 03:17:23 PM ---I don't know about your country, but over here our home owner's insurance usually covers stuff like that. --- End quote --- Depends on the insurance. We'll check it. And as the surge came thru electric and phone lines. it might be that phone and electric companies have to pay as their fail safes failed, but as the lightning bolt was extra strong it might be that the unforseeable force of nature claim frees them. We'll see. --- End quote --- I can pretty much guarantee that the last part will apply to the electric company. --- End quote --- Probably. Normal thunder strikes are absorbed by the power grid and both the the power lines and phone lines have fuses (which so far have always tripped and prevented this happening), but this bolt was so strong that it managed to jump past the fuses. |
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