WARNING!!

Post by **Darth Wong** » 2003-05-05 10:32pm

There's a lightning storm here right now. So if there's an interruption in the board, you'll know the electrical power flickered at my place

PS. I have a UPS on my server but not on the DSL modem and router, which are in a different room. Not that it would make a difference in an extended power outage anyway.

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2003-05-05 10:36pm

Ah, nothing like a good ol' ion storm to lighten up a dull day.

If you get frazzled by a bolt sent by a god that doesn't exist, can I have your porn collection?

Montcalm · Post by **Montcalm** » 2003-05-05 10:38pm

Admiral Valdemar wrote:Ah, nothing like a good ol' ion storm to lighten up a dull day.

If you get frazzled by a bolt sent by a god that doesn't exist, can I have your porn collection?

And can i have the Babylon 5 DVDs

Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi · Post by **Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi** » 2003-05-05 10:54pm

Now, Valdemar, he probably has enough porn for all of us.

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2003-05-05 10:55pm

Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi wrote:Now, Valdemar, he probably has enough porn for all of us.

I highly doubt that...

*Encrypts 300GB porn collection*

Shinova · Post by **Shinova** » 2003-05-05 10:57pm

Ah, the glory of power outages. And the...."unique" emotion you feel when something you've been working on for over an hour suddenly disappears in an instant....

*twitch*

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2003-05-05 11:01pm

Shinova wrote:Ah, the glory of power outages. And the...."unique" emotion you feel when something you've been working on for over an hour suddenly disappears in an instant....

*twitch*

A word from the wise, even disconnecting cables from the main power socket isn't enough, if it's a strong enough bolt and the cable is close enough it will jump, provided it hasn't already got onto another line and fried something else.

Shinova · Post by **Shinova** » 2003-05-06 12:03am

Admiral Valdemar wrote:A word from the wise, even disconnecting cables from the main power socket isn't enough, if it's a strong enough bolt and the cable is close enough it will jump, provided it hasn't already got onto another line and fried something else.

Aren't those what lightning rods are for?

Also, the power outages over here are usually never from lightning strikes (we don't have much, or any for that matter).

There was, though, one time when some guys in a car plowed into a transformer and blew it up. They were unharmed (except for one guy who was blind for about 20 minutes) but the whole town suffered a pretty extended power outage.

Post by **Ghost Rider** » 2003-05-06 12:12am

Ugh power outages.

Sadly I live on the fucking border betwen two stations...thus my NEIGHBOR can have power, but I'm zonked out.

Post by **Sea Skimmer** » 2003-05-06 12:17am

Shinova wrote:
Aren't those what lightning rods are for?

Lighting rods are not a sure thing, and the ones on most houses will only limit the damage, they won't stop it completely. The real probules is most houses only have a single rod, in reality you need more like three or four of them to cover the whole roof, and if you have a chimney you need one in every corner of it.

Dennis Toy · Post by **Dennis Toy** » 2003-05-06 12:18am

be glad mr wong you dont have Star Trek c-4 lined consoles in your house they explode even if you look at it the wrong way.