[ale] Off the Wall

[Greg Sabino Mullane]

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> Two years ago my family went to the beach for a week.  Upon returning ?
> home at midnight on Sunday night, I noticed that things just did 
> not look right. Turn out we had been the victims on a direct lightning 
> hit.  We were very fortunate the house was still standing.

I always unplug *everything* when going away on vacation. Even clocks: 
chances are the power will go out at some point while we are gone 
anyway. :) I also unplug almost everything during storms and boot up 
the laptop. Even with this policy, I've lost applicances due to a 
momentary power surge after the power cuts out for a few seconds and 
comes back on again. Surge protectors are now a standard part of 
any major electrical purchase I make. I may even invest in a 
"whole house" system someday that filters your line coming in, instead 
of buying dozens of separate protectors.

Greg Sabino Mullane
greg at turnstep.com
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