lightning update

The printer is dead, long live the printer.

Bad enough that the printer died, but to rub salt in my wounds, I recently stocked up on ink cartridges for the recently deceased printer.

Good news is that N1ED recently gave me two Epson printers that he no longer needed. I got one up and running this morning, so I am back in business.

My homeowner's insurance will pay for nothing because I did not have enough damage to exceed the deductible, so the thunderstorm cost me about $250 out of pocket.

lightning update

After getting the phone company on the case yesterday, it turns out that the landline and DSL were down because the lightning damaged our telephone causing it to short the landline and DSL. In addition to damaging the telephone, the lightning also damaged the DSL modem and the WiFi transceiver (an Apple Airport).

I bought a new telephone, DSL modem, and Airport today and got everything up and running this evening.

The weather station returned to life inexplicably.

The jury is still out on the printer. Now that I have the phone and Internet back up and running, I will tackle the printer and see if I can bring it back to life.

lightning

A thunderstorm blew through last night and one lightning strike did damage. It took out the landline, the DSL, a printer, and my weather station. It may have also damaged a phone, the DSL modem, and the WiFi transceiver, but I can't be certain until AT&T restores DSL and phone service. There may have been other damage, but I have not had an opportunity to check everything.

Odd that we never lost electric service and my APRS digipeater kept plugging away throughout the storm.