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Default Storms lol - 15-07-2008

Hi all,

As you maybe have suspected I'm a bit offline this days, currently I'm writting from a friend PC. Thats because my computer had burned out by a storm, huh what an irony, The Storm's computer to fire up by a storm.
My whole motherboard, power supply and the video card have burned out but thanks to my grandmother and grandfather I will have a new nice PC in some days.

Actually I turn off my PC in each storm that is around the town but this time the thunder falling was very unexpected, the sky looked pretty clear and suddenly a thunder falled near to my house and burned out my pc with two TV's. But hey it's not only me, my all neighbours have burned TV's.

What is the lesson from all this? - Trust more to the weather forecast.

See ya soon,
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Default Re: Storms lol - 16-07-2008

Nice moral of the story. Although the weather forecasts are also quite a lot wrong..

Anyhow, great that you'll have a new PC too. We are so spoiled are we?


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Default Re: Storms lol - 16-07-2008

I hope Your HDD wasn't burned (or You had some CD/DVD backups). That's really irony with Your nick and that accident.
  
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Default Re: Storms lol - 16-07-2008

Well Stefan, I look from the bright side of the things if there is such at all.

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Default Re: Storms lol - 19-07-2008

I'm back, muhaha.
  
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Default Re: Storms lol - 19-07-2008

Yay!

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Default Re: Storms lol - 19-07-2008

Another lesson... Don't just depend on a varistor (MOV) type surge suppressor in your power bar. Get one with a gas suppressor - fuse,... and get one with a good LC filter, heck get a UPS. Of course if your house gets hit...

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