[LAU] lovely weather

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