Well, that was interesting

[mbarrick]

That lovely storm I just mentioned in the previous post-- the building I work in was actually *hit* by lightning and one of the UPS's in the server room fried. Everything is always set up "just in case", but this is the first actual "case" of being hit by lightning I've ever had to contend with.

Comments

[six-v2.livejournal.com]

you know that saying, you always hurt the ones you love,

sometimes the ones you love hurt you too

[cheekydevil.livejournal.com]

I've been not twenty feet away from a lighting strike, and was looking right at the spot where it touched down ... crazy stuff.

[seymour-glass.livejournal.com]

on the news they said someone was hit by lightning...

[valerian.livejournal.com]

...holy crap, dude. That'd give you a taste of mortality...

[cheekydevil.livejournal.com]

That's what you get when you live in one of the highest elevation areas of Zimbabwe, which is *already* the lightning strike capital of the world before you even head up into the mountains ...