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Pat - 15 Nov 2005 02:21 GMT

It's starting again - huge t'storms here. Please purr for our safety. I have
to shut down the PC for now, so it doesn't get fried, and take cover as best
I can.

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Yoj - 15 Nov 2005 03:48 GMT

Purrs are on their way for the storms to peter out, or at least go out to
sea and die.

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> It's starting again - huge t'storms here. Please purr for our safety. I have
> to shut down the PC for now, so it doesn't get fried, and take cover as best
> I can.

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Pat - 15 Nov 2005 08:06 GMT

> Purrs are on their way for the storms to peter out, or at least go out to
> sea and die.

They've retreated for the moment but I just heard more thunder, so I'm going
back to bed.

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Takayuki - 15 Nov 2005 05:25 GMT

>It's starting again - huge t'storms here. Please purr for our safety. I have
>to shut down the PC for now, so it doesn't get fried, and take cover as best
>I can.

That's very scary, Pat. You're probably not living in the safest
structure for storms. Purring that it passes safely.

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Pat - 15 Nov 2005 08:06 GMT

> That's very scary, Pat. You're probably not living in the safest
> structure for storms. Purring that it passes safely.

It did. I fell asleep for a while, once the rumbling died down. But the real
bad stuff is supposed to happen in the morning.

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Ted Davis - 15 Nov 2005 13:49 GMT

>It's starting again - huge t'storms here. Please purr for our safety. I have
>to shut down the PC for now, so it doesn't get fried, and take cover as best
>I can.

It's been weird here (south central Missouri) too - so far this fall,
I've had lighting damage three times: the first time exploded the
surge arrestor for the phone line (I didn't realize this at the time),
the ssecond took out the modem, the third shorted out the new phone
line surge arrestor as well as taking out the incoming phone line (the
modem survived).

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Nan - 15 Nov 2005 15:15 GMT

>>It's starting again - huge t'storms here. Please purr for our safety. I have
>>to shut down the PC for now, so it doesn't get fried, and take cover as best
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>line surge arrestor as well as taking out the incoming phone line (the
>modem survived).

That's why I unplug my DSL modem from the phone and power lines during
a storm.

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Nan and the furkids

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a fool talks because he has to say something.

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Pat - 15 Nov 2005 15:22 GMT

> It's been weird here (south central Missouri) too - so far this fall,
> I've had lighting damage three times: the first time exploded the
> surge arrestor for the phone line (I didn't realize this at the time),
> the ssecond took out the modem, the third shorted out the new phone
> line surge arrestor as well as taking out the incoming phone line (the
> modem survived).

Ted, you're not very far from us at all - Rolla, right? I am southwest of
you about 80 miles as the crow flies. It's quit raining for the time being
but I still hear thunder and we're in a tornado watch, as you are. I think
we'll have some more rough weather today, so watch your modem, etc.

After losing half a dozen internal modems in Missouri storms, I finally got
an external one, and the computer is plugged into a UPS/surge protector,
which is plugged into another surge protector, which is plugged into yet
another surge protector. At the first sign of lightning I shut off the modem
and yank the phone line out of it.

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Ted Davis - 15 Nov 2005 21:43 GMT

>> It's been weird here (south central Missouri) too - so far this fall,
>> I've had lighting damage three times: the first time exploded the
[quoted text clipped - 7 lines]
>but I still hear thunder and we're in a tornado watch, as you are. I think
>we'll have some more rough weather today, so watch your modem, etc.

I work there, but I live due east of Rolla and due south of St. James
... out in the boonies. The cats love it.

We got rain - and WIND - but hardly any lightening and no tornados.

>After losing half a dozen internal modems in Missouri storms, I finally got
>an external one, and the computer is plugged into a UPS/surge protector,
>which is plugged into another surge protector, which is plugged into yet
>another surge protector. At the first sign of lightning I shut off the modem
>and yank the phone line out of it.

I've been living here for fourteen years - I lost one modem about
eight years ago. That's when I bought the surge arrestor that blew up
a couple of months ago. I've had more damage in a couple of months
than in the previous fourteen years.

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polonca12000 - 15 Nov 2005 21:55 GMT

Lots of purrs and best wishes for everyone to stay safe,
Polonca and Soncek

> It's starting again - huge t'storms here. Please purr for our safety. I have
> to shut down the PC for now, so it doesn't get fried, and take cover as best
> I can.

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