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Plasticman · 06-11-2009, 01:12 PM

My house has been struck 6 times in the past 22 years that I know of. I have lost a lot of televisions, radios, computers, phones, etc.
Who says lightning doesn't strike the same place twice?

Tankless · 10-18-2009, 04:06 AM

forgive my ignorance, but what is a boil water alert? I get the self explanitory part, but why? I assume one would boil water to kill any germs / bacteria....if the line became energized...how does that cause germs to grow? I see lightning about once every other year or so...if that

ROCKSTARPLUMBER · 10-18-2009, 10:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Tankless

forgive my ignorance, but what is a boil water alert? I get the self explanitory part, but why? I assume one would boil water to kill any germs / bacteria....if the line became energized...how does that cause germs to grow? I see lightning about once every other year or so...if that

You know, after reading that again, I was wondering the same thing myself. Unless it caused a blowout on the main somewhere. That crap happens here all the time, not by lighting, but just old mains popping leaks here and there.

Regulator · 10-18-2009, 12:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Tankless

forgive my ignorance, but what is a boil water alert? I get the self explanitory part, but why? I assume one would boil water to kill any germs / bacteria....if the line became energized...how does that cause germs to grow? I see lightning about once every other year or so...if that

Your assumption is correct. A boil water alert/advisory is issued by the water supplier as mandated by the local health authority if it is deemed there is a risk of bacterial contamination of the water supply.

Regulator · 10-18-2009, 12:37 PM

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Originally Posted by ROCKSTARPLUMBER

You know, after reading that again, I was wondering the same thing myself. Unless it caused a blowout on the main somewhere. That crap happens here all the time, not by lighting, but just old mains popping leaks here and there.

Main breakage is one possibility, another is the dislodging of the bio-film which forms on the inside pipe wall.

It could be that a chlorination infection station may have been affected in some way and to be on the safe side the boil water alert was issued.

Plasticman · 10-18-2009, 12:53 PM

We just got hit here again this past Thursday at 4:30 am. Got my shop tv whis is really expensive, Funked my laptop ( it works but acts strange ),the electric gate, tripped 3 breakers in shop, tripped 4 in the house, sons computer monitor flickers now, got my phone line, zapped the singnal booster to the tv cable to the shop, and also the cable itself ( 250 ft ), and my bench grinder. Each meter has a lightning arrestor on it to no avail. Still checking things out. Filing claim Monday.

Master Mark · 10-18-2009, 02:30 PM

1982 working on a Chi chis restraunt in colorado and got a buzz from cast iron pipe I was installing in the building.... felt it hit me and run up my shoulder, but I was not well grounded..... and I just pulled away...

a phone man 100 yards away outside at the pole was almost killed and taken off in bad shape to the hospital,, never knew how that turned out...

Regulator · 10-18-2009, 04:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Master Mark

1982 working on a Chi chis restraunt in colorado and got a buzz from cast iron pipe I was installing in the building.... felt it hit me and run up my shoulder, but I was not well grounded..... and I just pulled away...

a phone man 100 yards away outside at the pole was almost killed and taken off in bad shape to the hospital,, never knew how that turned out...

You be one lucky dude that day.

Redwood · 10-18-2009, 07:34 PM

I know a girl that got zapped by lightning on the beach at Block Island...

She lived...

But to this day every time she sweats the silver chain she was wearing around her neck that disappeared, can be seen as tarnish on her neck.

You can clearly see the links.

Protech · 10-18-2009, 08:08 PM

Dude, that's freaky.

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Originally Posted by Redwood

I know a girl that got zapped by lightning on the beach at Block Island...

She lived...

But to this day every time she sweats the silver chain she was wearing around her neck that disappeared, can be seen as tarnish on her neck.

You can clearly see the links.

06-11-2009, 01:12 PM	#11
Plasticman new nickname:Quaker State Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Tallahassee, Florida Posts: 1,204 My Photos	My house has been struck 6 times in the past 22 years that I know of. I have lost a lot of televisions, radios, computers, phones, etc. Who says lightning doesn't strike the same place twice? __________________ Anytime you have a 50-50 chance of getting something right, there's a 90% probability you'll get it wrong.

10-18-2009, 04:06 AM	#12
Tankless Always Something Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Santa Barbara / Ventura Posts: 1,347 My Photos	forgive my ignorance, but what is a boil water alert? I get the self explanitory part, but why? I assume one would boil water to kill any germs / bacteria....if the line became energized...how does that cause germs to grow? I see lightning about once every other year or so...if that __________________ "It's now. You just go for it now and you worry about the future and the past later." -Steve Nash And when I leave come together like butt cheeks -Grits n Gravy

10-18-2009, 02:30 PM	#17
Master Mark philosopher and statesmen Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Indianapolis indiana ... Posts: 2,371 My Photos	got lightly hit once 1982 working on a Chi chis restraunt in colorado and got a buzz from cast iron pipe I was installing in the building.... felt it hit me and run up my shoulder, but I was not well grounded..... and I just pulled away... a phone man 100 yards away outside at the pole was almost killed and taken off in bad shape to the hospital,, never knew how that turned out... __________________ God created man, Sam Colt made them equal." http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swkq2E8mswI http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQMO1eyMRuM

10-18-2009, 07:34 PM	#19
Redwood jA-Rod dat u? Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Connecticut Posts: 9,252 My Photos	I know a girl that got zapped by lightning on the beach at Block Island... She lived... But to this day every time she sweats the silver chain she was wearing around her neck that disappeared, can be seen as tarnish on her neck. You can clearly see the links. __________________ *"Fascism should rightly be called Corporatism, as it is the merger of corporate and government power."* ~Benito Mussolini~ Lloyd Blankfein for President 2012 - Save Money Cut Out The Middleman! 411 Plumb Appliance Stimulus Package

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10-18-2009, 12:53 PM	#16
Plasticman new nickname:Quaker State Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Tallahassee, Florida Posts: 1,204 My Photos	We just got hit here again this past Thursday at 4:30 am. Got my shop tv whis is really expensive, Funked my laptop ( it works but acts strange ),the electric gate, tripped 3 breakers in shop, tripped 4 in the house, sons computer monitor flickers now, got my phone line, zapped the singnal booster to the tv cable to the shop, and also the cable itself ( 250 ft ), and my bench grinder. Each meter has a lightning arrestor on it to no avail. Still checking things out. Filing claim Monday.