From the July 6, 2016, MidWeek "Looking Back."
1941, 75 Years Ago.
"Downtown Sycamore gained a slight idea of how one of Hitler's bombs sounds Saturday evening shortly after 5:00 o'clock. Lightning struck a tree in the southeast corner of the courtyard. It is a question whether the bolt killed the tree or not."
The Battle of Britain was going on at the time.
--Cooter
Showing posts with label Lightning Strikes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Lightning Strikes. Show all posts
Sunday, December 18, 2016
Monday, June 16, 2008
Jolted into the 21st Century-- Part 2
Well, right now we have two computers in the house and a laptop on the way. That's getting into the 21st century in a big way. A few months ago, I got my first digital camera (hey that's 21st too).
The lightning also knocked out the VCR (that's right, a VCR) in Margaritaville (the name of our basement bar). I replaced it with a VCR/DVD player. This is my first DVD player. Looks like 21st century again.
We inherited Liz's mom's 25 inch TV and I didn't know where to put it. With the loss of the one in the sunroom, I'll move my study TV there and put Liz's mom's TV in the study. Well, it's not digital or HD, so we can't all be 21st century.
Being Dragged and Jolted into the 21st Century Against my Will. --The Old Coot
The lightning also knocked out the VCR (that's right, a VCR) in Margaritaville (the name of our basement bar). I replaced it with a VCR/DVD player. This is my first DVD player. Looks like 21st century again.
We inherited Liz's mom's 25 inch TV and I didn't know where to put it. With the loss of the one in the sunroom, I'll move my study TV there and put Liz's mom's TV in the study. Well, it's not digital or HD, so we can't all be 21st century.
Being Dragged and Jolted into the 21st Century Against my Will. --The Old Coot
Saturday, June 14, 2008
Jolted into the 21st Century
I haven't posted since last Sunday because of an act of nature. Seems that a bolt of lightning hit the house around 10:30 pm Sunday night. I was watching TV when I heard a strange "pop" over by the Margaritaville bar just as a bright flash and really strong clap of thunder took place.
There was no loss of electricity or even flickering of lights and no problem with the TV in the Margaritaville pit, so I didn't think much of it.
The next morning, my wife Liz said she couldnt get the computer turned on and had been up most of the night working on it. Also, there was no hot water.
The house is 15 years old, so maybe it was just the water heater's time to go to that great scrapyard in the sky. But two major items going out at the same time? That is too much of a coincidence, even if Big Oil tells us that the skyrocketing cost of gas and their unbelievable profits have nothing to do with each other.
CONFIRMATION
Called our local 'puter guy John who was able to come out. He works for Nerds on Site (what a great name) and looked at it and said the mother board was 'fried" and most likely by lightning.
But wait, there's more.
So That's What It Was. --Cooter
There was no loss of electricity or even flickering of lights and no problem with the TV in the Margaritaville pit, so I didn't think much of it.
The next morning, my wife Liz said she couldnt get the computer turned on and had been up most of the night working on it. Also, there was no hot water.
The house is 15 years old, so maybe it was just the water heater's time to go to that great scrapyard in the sky. But two major items going out at the same time? That is too much of a coincidence, even if Big Oil tells us that the skyrocketing cost of gas and their unbelievable profits have nothing to do with each other.
CONFIRMATION
Called our local 'puter guy John who was able to come out. He works for Nerds on Site (what a great name) and looked at it and said the mother board was 'fried" and most likely by lightning.
But wait, there's more.
So That's What It Was. --Cooter
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