Thunder! Thunder!
Last night my house was struck by lighting three times! It blew up the air conditioning, the treadmill, the DSL router, the television, the DVD player, and all the lights in the kitchen and dining room. It's good that Amy knows something about fuses and breakers and stuff or we would still be sitting in the dark.
For at least a year Amy's been saying we need a flat screen plasma television. I kept saying, "We don't need it, you want it."
This morning while I was over in the corner wringing my hands, Amy was dancing around the house, singing merrily, "Now we need the TV! Now we need the TV!"
If I didn't know how much she's going to miss that treadmill, I'd say she orchestrated the whole storm.
Comments
At least you can relax in the knowledge that lightning never strikes four times in the same place. Three is the limit.
I'm glad you weren't electrocuted. (I assume you weren't, though you don't specifically say.)
Hello, Heather Anne.
Posted by: scott | July 23, 2008 08:41 AM
It sounds like you need a lightning rod more than anything.
Posted by: Melissa (Courtney's Mom) | July 23, 2008 08:57 AM
"You better knock knock knock on wood"
Posted by: Gravesland (Courtney's Uncle) | July 23, 2008 08:59 AM
The tree in front of the house where I grew up was hit by lightning once. It opened up this huge crack (heh) down the trunk, but the tree didn't die. I used to think you could crawl inside and you'd travel to another world or something, because when I was little I was really stupid.
Posted by: Jennie! | July 23, 2008 09:00 AM
Are lightning strikes covered under homeowner's insurance? Because that sounds like some pretty expensive lightning.
P.S. You should name your new TV Benjamin Franklin.
Posted by: Jenn (the not-sister) | July 23, 2008 09:07 AM
Did your house not melt?! Geesh!
Also, did you ever see the movie Powder? maybe one of you's got special abilities?!
Posted by: broke bertha | July 23, 2008 09:07 AM
seth is the flat-screen expert, and offers his expertise. (tip 1: go LCD, not plasma, for about a billion reasons that i turned out.)
Posted by: kat | July 23, 2008 10:14 AM
Totally what kat said that Seth said. Amy's been given the gift of opportunity; make sure that she doesn't squander it foolishly on plasma.
Posted by: You can call me, 'Sir' | July 23, 2008 10:51 AM
Oh my gosh, that sounds scary and expensive. I'm glad that you're okay and that the lightning didn't start a fire or anything.
Posted by: mysterygirl! | July 23, 2008 11:31 AM
That would have terrified me. Do you guys have insurance or anything? That reminds me, I better unplug everything before we leave for California.
Posted by: churlita | July 23, 2008 11:52 AM
Lightning!?!? You are very brave; I would have been huddled in a ball on the floor, crying.
Posted by: Ashley | July 23, 2008 01:52 PM
But how are you going to survive the month of August in Georgia without air conditioning? Shall I send dry ice?
Oh, and definitely LCD, not plasma, according to Smith.
Posted by: shari | July 24, 2008 10:16 AM