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   -=> Daryl Stout wrote to DAN CLOUGH <=-   
      
    DC>Stormy weather keeps the BBS offline?  Why?  I mean I can see if   
    DC>your place gets wiped out by a tornado, but... does your power go   
    DC>out frequently or something?   
      
    DS>   In a word, lightning. I am a 2 time lightning strike survivor   
    DS> (at 3 and 16)...they were indirect, but I still got a severe   
    DS> shock, and have nervous system damage as a result. I've also been   
    DS> under 2 tornadic funnel clouds, within a mile of an F-1 and an   
    DS> F-4 rain wrapped tornado, and nearly drowned in a flash flood on   
    DS> the local college campus 40 years ago.   
      
      
      
    DS>   In short, NO AMOUNT OF SURGE PROTECTION is going to save your   
    DS> system from a direct or very close lightning strike. I'd rather   
    DS> be offline for a few hours or days, rather than permanently.   
    DS> Behind Florida, Arkansas is the most in the country with   
    DS> lightning strikes.   
      
   Wow!  OK, I guess I can see that.  Be careful out there!   
      
      
      
      
   ... If it walks out of your refrigerator, let it go.   
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