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Holy hell, our house just got hit by lightning

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Originally posted by: LolaWiz
As far as the fire department can tell, everything is ok. I feel kind of embarassed that there are 4 firemen in our living room just kinda here because of it 😱 .
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I can tell you they would rather be sitting in your living room rather than shooting water into it
 
And 1 sheriff. 😱

Anyways, they found heat coming off the one outlet, but they OKed it. Looks like all is clear. I feel better now that they checked.

And I see neighbors sitting in their windows/doors watching.
 
Originally posted by: MS Dawn
Originally posted by: iamwiz82
The fire dept. is sending someone with a fire detection camera.
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Get some pix of them scanning. 🙂

Glad to hear everyone's ok.

There's been some lightning to our north we may sail into - this time of the year those (storms) tend to last through the night.
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And no pics! 😛
 
Originally posted by: PurdueRy
I can tell you they would rather be sitting in your living room rather than shooting water into it
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That's affirmative. You can NEVER be too safe.

Originally posted by: iamwiz82

And no pics! 😛
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I have tried numerous times - long exposures+moving ship = bad pix. 🙁

Chain lightning is very cool though. I've seen it numerous times off the FL coast. We about 300 miles east of Daytona Beach right now.

 
Originally posted by: LolaWiz
As far as the fire department can tell, everything is ok. I feel kind of embarassed that there are 4 firemen in our living room just kinda here because of it 😱 .
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Glad to hear they gave you guys the all clear.
 
Hmm... The GFCI outlet that was suspect won't test. I'm 100% it worked previously. I'm wondering if it took the shock. Good thing I have a few sitting around.
 
Originally posted by: iamwiz82
Hmm... The GFCI outlet that was suspect won't test. I'm 100% it worked previously. I'm wondering if it took the shock. Good thing I have a few sitting around.
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Does it have power? IIRC if there's no power the test doesn't work.
 
Originally posted by: MS Dawn
Originally posted by: iamwiz82
Hmm... The GFCI outlet that was suspect won't test. I'm 100% it worked previously. I'm wondering if it took the shock. Good thing I have a few sitting around.
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Does it have power? IIRC if there's no power the test doesn't work.
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There is power. 118V on both outlets.
 
That's two volts low. 😛

Yeah it probably got hozed. That's a lot of joules branching down the vent pipe. You have cast-i DWV lines? Might want to check those flashings up on top for arcing damage as it could leak over time.
 
Originally posted by: potato28
Hows the roof?
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The attic looks fine. I cannot really see much outside without daylight. My flashlights dont give me enough light to really make a decision.
 
Originally posted by: MS Dawn
That's two volts low. 😛

Yeah it probably got hozed. That's a lot of joules branching down the vent pipe. You have cast-i DWV lines? Might want to check those flashings up on top for arcing damage as it could leak over time.
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Good thing I'm replacing the roof this fall!

Yep, cast iron. It actually runs directly behind the outlet, too.
 
Originally posted by: iamwiz82

Yep, cast iron. It actually runs directly behind the outlet, too.
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There's probably evidence of flashover in many places - this kind of discharge will produce lots of ozone immediately.



 
Damn that sucks. I am surprised your internet is still working. The hardest thing is determining damage to wiring and things inside walls. Hopefully everything is ok. Time to call your insurance agent I guess. What part of the country are you in? NM, I see you are in MI. Me too, but no storms up in my neck of the woods.
 
Originally posted by: PurdueRy
What does OZONE smell like? The interesting thing is I probably hear the bolt that hit your house
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Thats the smell you smell around the bumper cars at the amusement park.

Glad it doesn't look like alot of damage. We had a very close strike a few days ago - huge flash lit up everything like daylight and the thunder was instantaneous and enormously loud! The whole house shook and the kids were screaming 😛 I swore I'd find a blown up tree in the back yard the next morning, but nothing.
 
Originally posted by: iamwiz82
Originally posted by: MS Dawn
That's two volts low. 😛

Yeah it probably got hozed. That's a lot of joules branching down the vent pipe. You have cast-i DWV lines? Might want to check those flashings up on top for arcing damage as it could leak over time.
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Good thing I'm replacing the roof this fall!

Yep, cast iron. It actually runs directly behind the outlet, too.
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Glad to hear you and Lola are OK! I'll be moving back to Rochester on Aug 27th if you two need help tearing that roof apart I'm game!
 
I had this happen last year. I actually took a bit of the strike myself. One of apparently several routes to ground was through my PC, through my mouse, through my body, into the floor.

Still using that mouse.
 
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