Lightning
Last night there was another storm at the house. Last weeks Friday night storm left me and most of the neighborhood without power for about 16 hours. I also worked a 16 hour shift Friday night, but last night the lights were only out for a couple of hours. When the power was restored, I realized that several breakers had tripped and when I turned the first one on, it spit fire and blew smoke all over. All told I had 5 GFCI (Ground Fault Circuit Interrupter) outlets get toasted. Those puppies are $13 each! I got all but one replaced last night and so far I donā€™t think any significant equipment is damaged. The only one left is in the basement, so the only piece of equipment left in question is the dehumidifier. I was on the porch when the big lightning strike hit somewhere near. I was leaning around the post filling the dogā€™s water bowl with gutter runoff when it struck and I ended up on my knees holding my head and my ears were ringing, so Iā€™m guessing it was pretty close. I hope to look around today and see if I can see any tree that it struck. Overall, it was a pretty scary incident. Iā€™m just really glad that it only burned outlets and not any of my stuff!