its storming again dang it

rudeguy

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last time it stormed really bad, it knocked the power out, which messed my puter all up....took me 2 hours to get everything right again...I really need to get a UPS

/neff
 

rudeguy

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ok...power has blinked 4 times and my speakers are crackling....this is getting bad...I just heard lightnight hit not too far away
 

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It's been storming like mad since about 9pm here, and there was a tornado about 15 miles southeast of here. Still have power, though! :)
 

HannibalX

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Originally posted by: rudeguy
ok...power has blinked 4 times and my speakers are crackling....this is getting bad...I just heard lightnight hit not too far away

Hope you have a surge protector... I used to live in Peoria, IL and I don't miss the weather one bit. :beer:
 

rudeguy

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Originally posted by: CorporateRecreation
Get off your computer then dude..

I had my cable line in one hand and my power chord in the other...in hopes that I would get struck by lightning so I would stop posting....but if you insist
 

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Yeah, it has rained all day here (iowa) since early afternoon. It got really bad for a little while, and is raining decently now. Lots of thunder and lightning, kinda nice actually, I missed it over the winter :)
 

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Originally posted by: rudeguy
Originally posted by: CorporateRecreation
Get off your computer then dude..

I had my cable line in one hand and my power chord in the other...in hopes that I would get struck by lightning so I would stop posting....but if you insist

:Q
 

stormbv

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Originally posted by: Trinitron
Originally posted by: rudeguy
ok...power has blinked 4 times and my speakers are crackling....this is getting bad...I just heard lightnight hit not too far away

Hope you have a surge protector... I used to live in Peoria, IL and I don't miss the weather one bit. :beer:

I live an hour north of there. I'm hoping to move there, too....Peoria is NYC compared to this county. :p
 

rudeguy

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Originally posted by: Trinitron
Originally posted by: rudeguy
ok...power has blinked 4 times and my speakers are crackling....this is getting bad...I just heard lightnight hit not too far away

Hope you have a surge protector... I used to live in Peoria, IL and I don't miss the weather one bit. :beer:

actually I have 2 surge protectors...how are you supposed to run all your stuff off the 2 wall outlets???
 

HannibalX

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Yeah, lol Peroria is like a metropolis, all 90 thousand I think :D I think they are the biggest city in the state besides Chicago!
 

Platypus

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Originally posted by: rudeguy
Originally posted by: CorporateRecreation
Get off your computer then dude..

I had my cable line in one hand and my power chord in the other...in hopes that I would get struck by lightning so I would stop posting....but if you insist

lol
 

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That is one thing I like about living in a city...I have never had the power go out once without it being scheduled. Back home, every time the wind blew, whoops! power lines down! Electricity out for three hours!
 

HannibalX

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The city I live in (Orlando) has to have the worste power grid in the country. There are areas of town that need double the power to run than they have and during peak hours of the day lights go dim in some buildings. The power goes out here maybe three times a week. It's terrible.
 

Mill

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Nothing severe in Iowa or Michigan right now. Main severe stuff is to the south.