thunderstorm damages!

From: McFadden, Mike <mmcfadden_at_cmh.edu>
Date: Mon Jul 16 11:48:16 2001

Many times it's not the surge through the power line but through the phone
line that gets you. I've lost two modems that way, one of my friends lost
his motherboard with a built-in modem because of lightning. I knew the
lightning would be a problem when I saw the power transformer and the pole
burning and then I found part of my phone wiring was toasted. My UPS
warbles all the time from voltage and line variations. I've got both my
router and cable modem plugged in to it.

Maybe I'm paranoid, of course I live on a lake in Missouri where trees fall
on the power lines all the time, we have thunderstorms and the occasional
tornado and the all too common fried squirrel on the transformer.

Mike
mmcfadden_at_cmh.edu
Received on Mon Jul 16 2001 - 11:48:16 BST