Lightning strike destroys Internet – News at 11pm

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I was sitting in my car in front of my house on Monday when lightning struck a tree next to my house.  When it happened, the whole world flashed a brilliant shade of white-blue, and there was an eerie, high-pitched rolling thunderclap. After the flash subsided, I saw sparks and embers falling onto the wet roof.  Crazy.

Lightning is funny.  It crawls, streaks, envelops, jumps, and whallops.  Inside the house, most everything survived.  The victims: The garage door opener, my internet router, a network hub, and a modem.  Everything else was OK; the flat screen TV, all of the computers, microwave, XBOX, all survived.

So, after three days with no internet, no web or mail servers, and a trip to Best Buy to pick up some gear, we are finally running again.  Ya miss me?