[LAU] lovely weather

[Dave Phillips]

Greetings,

In fact, we've had some terrible weather. Yesterday morning we had the 
heaviest thunderstorm of the year so far, complete with great dark 
rumbling skies and pyrotechnical displays of lightning. Lots and lots of 
lightning.

Can you tell where this message is going ?

I like to think I'm not utterly deranged, so as a matter of course I 
disconnect the power lines to my gear whenever we have a heavy storm. 
And so I did this time, except I didn't unplug the cable modem 
connection.  Well, live and learn, and so I have, to the combined 
expense of one modem, one router, and one laptop. (Sounds kinda like a 
John Lee Hooker song). I'm actually happy the damage didn't include the 
two desktop boxes also connected to the router.

I'll remember that cable connection next time, I promise.

Grumble...

Best,

dp