Last week was horribly hectic at work and I also had several things to do in preparation for a trip. I left work early on Thursday to head to my mother's house before we travelled to Corpus Christi for a family reunion on Friday. My intention was to make several updates to this site Thursday night, but events conspired to prevent me from doing so. When I arrived I attempted to go online and got the "no dialtone" message. There had been a big storm here Thursday afternoon, which took out the phones.
Discouraged from updating my website, I decided to watch TV. This was when I discovered that the lightning strike that took out the phones also killed the satellite receiver. The wire had been melted in two at the point where it entered the surge protector. The strike had overwhelmed the surge protector and fried the satellite.
We got back last night, but the phones were just fixed a little while ago. I've also been busy installing a new satellite receiver, so I didn't have much chance to write any new entries. I'll be heading back to Denton tomorrow, and I hope to make some more updates then.
Posted by Aubrey at June 16, 2003 04:39 PM | TrackBack