holy bowling angels batman!
Our house was struck by lightning last night! I swear this is not an April fools joke. I wish it were.
Everything is fine, the house didn't burn to the ground or anything, but there were a few minor casualties:
sprinkler system--roasted
old fridge in the garage that was only used to keep extra beer cold--roasted
deep freeze freezer -- we think this no longer works either
dvd player in the living room--roasted
cable box--cooked, but it gave its life for our television
We originally thought the tv was zapped along with the cable box, but upon further inspection the tv is ok -- we think. The high definition channels only come in green. So either we have a bad (new) cable box or the tv needs to be repaired.
UPDATE! The freezer and the fridge in the garage are ok! They were plugged into an outlet that had a reset button on it. Mark pushed the reset button and they started right up! Yay!
Next, we talk to the insurance company to see what they have to say.
Everything is fine, the house didn't burn to the ground or anything, but there were a few minor casualties:
sprinkler system--roasted
old fridge in the garage that was only used to keep extra beer cold--roasted
deep freeze freezer -- we think this no longer works either
dvd player in the living room--roasted
cable box--cooked, but it gave its life for our television
We originally thought the tv was zapped along with the cable box, but upon further inspection the tv is ok -- we think. The high definition channels only come in green. So either we have a bad (new) cable box or the tv needs to be repaired.
UPDATE! The freezer and the fridge in the garage are ok! They were plugged into an outlet that had a reset button on it. Mark pushed the reset button and they started right up! Yay!
Next, we talk to the insurance company to see what they have to say.
posted by T$ at
6:55 PM
5 Comments:
Whoa! I'm glad no one was in a precarious place like in the shower or on the (land) phone!
Did you hear it? It seems liek it would be extremely loud.
I forgot to mention that we were not home at the time. We took the kids to the movies. But our neighbor saw it and called and left a message to see if we were ok! (nice neighbor!)I am actually glad we were gone. I can only imagine how loud it was and how scared we would have been! Not to mention my kids being freaked for the rest of their lives whenever we get a t-storm!
Thank goodness you are all okay and everything is in somewhat reasonable shape... like still having a home!
Yikes!
K
Thank goodness you weren't home! That would have been so scary. I hope you're able to get everything replaced.
HOW SCARY IS THAT?!
WOW...I'm glad you are okay...
Hh
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