"Jim Hampton" wrote in message ...
Dave,

Check out http://www.nationalgeographic.com/lightning/2.html
There are a few errors, but the essence is there. You'll have current in
the hundreds of thousands of Amperes. Nothing is sacred. Anything can be
fried (or spared). My neighbor's house was hit probably 10 or 15 years ago;
she showed me the light bulb that the bolt left/entered into. There is a
nice hole (no sharp edges, very round and smooth edges) in the bulb. It
burned out motors in her house. Quite a mess. She felt her hair stand on
edge when she was lying down on her couch and the bolt struck. Not
pleasant.

73 from Rochester, NY
Jim


"Dave or Debby" wrote in message
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Will it blow your modem, even if the phone line is NOT connected to it?

Will it make your answering machine act like it is on drugs?

Will it short out a caller ID box?

Will it cause an OPEN in in 1 line of a 4 conductor phone wire?

Will it losen the ground clamp from the phone wire gnd to the electrical
wire GND ?

Any thoughts from those who know?
Dave!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!




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well jim .........which way is it........up going down or down going
up.??? i had a friend of mine that came home from work one day
........and found a gaping hole in his roof right over the couch where
he watches tv when he is home......needless to say, being the nice guy
that i am ......i told him.......too bad, if it had been just a little
past 6 in the afternoon, it would have been much better......of course
alas he did not see the humor in that........however , it came down
the big pine tree in his yard and jumped over on his house and blew a
hole in the roof......how about them apples???