Shut Down by Lightning
Lightning will strike twice and I'm here to prove it. I haven't been posting or visiting lately because I haven't had Internet access. The first time it struck and knocked out my modem. We have cable Internet, so I had to wait for the repair guy to come out this way. That took a few days. The modem was partially damaged but he connected me a different way and I was back online.
Then, on July Fourth, God put on a tremendous fireworks show with a great blessing of rain and enough lightning to power the U.S. if only we could capture and control that energy. This time the lightning struck us more than once and knocked out our telephone, Internet and cable TV. It took days and days to get a repair, and it's not quite right yet (so I get to wait for the repairman all day Friday). It fried the cable connections down by the street as well as the one leading into our house. We heard it when it hit. Yee ha! That'll get your attention.
But I'm back. And as I type this, I see another storm coming. Our Thunder Hound, who is afraid of lightning, has already stood on his hind legs to look in the window to tell us, "Let me in!" And he's in, probably trembling by my daughter's feet downstairs.
The grass is green and life feels good. One of my hay suppliers has already had a first cutting (which he saves for cows). Soon, surely I'll be getting 2008 hay. When it rains every day the grass grows -- but the farmers can't cut. As long as the grass is growing I'll sit here happy.
And my tadpoles are getting really big. No legs yet. They look like little black shiny whales.
So I'm back -- for now.
Well that sounds like a load of laughs. We've been getting some really good storms here too, and almost every day. I'm surprised we haven't lost the electricity more often. There is a mountain backing up to the farm, and the lighting forks were just striking the top of that mountain the other night non-stop. Have fun waiting for the cable guy.
Posted by: Grey Horse Matters | July 09, 2008 at 08:33 PM
As long as they dont send you Larry The Cable Guy, it ought to be OK, right? (Nothing against Larry mind you- but I know for one, I'd be too buys laughing at his jokes to let him get any work done... but I have a rather warped sense of humor too...)
Glad you are getting rain!! We got 2 afternoons worth... about an inch total. Gotta mow the lawn again, so that The Rain God can hiccup and miss us- again- for a while...
Stay safe Miss Anne!
Posted by: Mrs Mom | July 09, 2008 at 10:41 PM
Wowza! Hope they get everything fixed right. Next time you see a storm acomin'-start yanking those plug-ins out of the outlets-LOL.
Posted by: BrownEyedCowgirls | July 09, 2008 at 11:56 PM
We were struck by lightening a few years ago. It felt like a bomb went off in the pasture and our fence caught on fire. I had just put the horses in the barn, thank God. For about a month afterwards, they refused to go over by that part of the fence. Scary, so be careful and don't get caught outdoors when it thunders.
Posted by: Victoria Cummings | July 10, 2008 at 08:59 PM
I know lightning can strike twice in the same place........more than twice even. I hope it gives you a break. Glad you are all ok!
Posted by: risingrainbow | July 12, 2008 at 04:17 PM
Hope you get everything up and running again!
Posted by: kdwhorses | July 14, 2008 at 05:22 PM
Maybe you are on vacation. Maybe you didn't take your computer with you. Maybe you'd better let us know you didn't get fried in the storm/storms.
Posted by: Molly | July 16, 2008 at 10:20 AM