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Post by w8n4dave on May 26, 2012 13:53:12 GMT -5
OMG I was sitting here on my chair have my laptop on my lap unplugged ... Watching tv (multitasker) and this electrical charge just went thru the house scared the hebegees out of me .. my TV did not flash tho,I felt it tho .and seen it. good thing my puter was unplugged .. I am not to sure what that was ... My heart is beating a million miles an hr. I am afraid to go look .. We have had rain on and off .. Hopefully we didn't get struck by lightening AGAIN... thats kinda what it felt like ... I even heard it, it was like it went thru the ceiling ... That just really freaked me out.. ok time to put this thing away ..... Have a wonderful weekend e1 ...
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Post by bella on May 26, 2012 14:47:24 GMT -5
Geez, hope you are safe, Wendy!!! Was it lightning or a power surge?? let us know when you get back on......
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Post by capebuff on May 26, 2012 17:42:11 GMT -5
thank goodness you and your property survived just fine.
i was sitting at the command center in a phone companies switch room during a storm and when a loud clap thundered , i watched a blue streak of electricty shoot down a cable rack into the building ground. if i wouldn't have been looking up talking to a co-worker i would've missed the whole thing. next thing was alarms flashing and sounding off all over on various equipment, with the exception to the main frame i was commissioning.
creek out back flooded and i had to leap from the elevated entrance to the building onto car hoods and then from hood to hood until i got to dry ground . hotel was much too cmfortable to sleep in compared to the office.
thanks for reminding me of that little incident. cool,funny and a bit scary at the same time.
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Post by w8n4dave on May 27, 2012 8:33:56 GMT -5
I do not know what happened!! It was weird!! I went up stairs to check and it kinda smelled like burned but just a hint... The TV upstairs worked everything worked I unplugged everything, went outside checked the house and looked up at the roof and nothing.. So I went in and finished cleaning and packing ... I have no Clue!!
Wow Cape that had to be scary!! What a story!! I was standing on the back porch one time with 4 kids, we were watching a storm, I said wouldn't be cool if lightening struck right there, And IT DID!! We screamed ran in the house and , I am kinda afrain of storms now so look for my next thread on my vacation!! LOL
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Post by garrett on May 27, 2012 9:31:45 GMT -5
dawendy be careful!
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Post by marielouise on May 27, 2012 21:10:48 GMT -5
That would be scary for sure !!!
glad you are ok!
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Post by w8n4dave on May 28, 2012 9:13:07 GMT -5
We had a thunder bumper up here that was so loud and hard it shook the house and I screamed .... Dave and his buddy were out in the shed and Dave heard me scream ..... I scared the Dog! LOL
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Post by bluelacedredhead on May 28, 2012 11:46:10 GMT -5
We got hit by lightning on the farm. Not only did it blow out the modem on my puter, but we o saw the bolt of lightning flash past the window and heard a crack as it hit something?! We ran outside to investigate. It had hit a steel fence post, travelled up the wire and blown the electric fence charger to bits!!! obviously, the ground post was not grounding properly, we were very fortunate that nothing else was destroyed.
Glad you're okay W8in! It is scary stuff!
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Post by w8n4dave on May 29, 2012 22:09:30 GMT -5
OMG Blue that sounds scary!! I would have let out a big scream!! WOw!! Yup I hate storms now!
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Post by zinniagirl on May 30, 2012 8:48:39 GMT -5
About 35-40 years ago (young and stupid) I was watching a storm from right in front of a window, standing on a coil of cable wire and also on a metal floor heat register. All of a sudden there was a loud crack and I felt the electrical charge up to my knees. My then husband said I had the strangest look on my face--I guess so. Don't know if it came through the cable wire or floor register. Upstairs, there was a strong ozone smell. Been afraid of storms ever since and certainly don't stand near windows or doors .
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Post by w8n4dave on May 30, 2012 11:00:01 GMT -5
Wow that sounds scary Zinnia of course you had a strange look on your face ........ Yea storms are scary to me now........... I used to love watching them ......
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