Wednesday, March 11, 2009

A LIGHTNING STRIKE IN MY TOWN, ON MY BLOCK THAT I WE, SURVIVED!

I WAS BRIEFLY AT OUR ST PATRICK'S DAY , WE HAVE IT EARLY HERE. PARADE ON MADISON STREET. IT WAS CLOUDY LOOKING AND I DID NOT LIKE THIS FEELING I WAS GETTING OF DANGER! I WENT HOME, TOOK OUT GARBAGE, WENT UP TO CONDO STAYED THERE. I WAS WRITING OUT CHECKS FOR BILLS I SAW A BLUE FLASH OVER MY SHOULDER THROUGH MY WINDOW!, HEARD SOMETHING LIKE A CRACK AND BOOM VERY LOUD! SMELLED RUBBER BURNING SMELL FROM OPEN WINDOW!, THE LIGHTS ALL WENT OUT FOR A FEW SECONDS!, PLUS YOU COULD FEEL WELL AS IF THE 6 STORY CONDOMINIUM BUILDING SHOOK!! THIS ALL HAPPENED IN A MATTER OF A FEW SECONDS! OH I WAS SPEECHLESS MIND RACING, MY NIECE AND HER TWO BOYS ( MY NEPHEWS ONE OF MANY ) WERE SCREAMING!WELL NO ONE WAS HURT, THE TELEVISION IN ONE BEDROOM NO LONGER WORKS, HAD A SMOLDERING SMELL, JILL MY DESK TOP ( EVERY THING WAS OFF IMIAGINE IF ANY THING WOULD HAVE BEEN ON! ) JILL MY DESK TOP HER POWER SWITCH WILL NOT WORK I AM AT THE OFFICE AT MY FOREST PARK PUBLIC LIBRARY! A PART ORDERED FOR HER, I CALLED REPAIR AT MID NIGHT WHEN I FINALLY GOT THROUGH. THE 20 TV IN BED ROOM PROBABLY HAS MELTED PARTS DUMPED AT A RECYCLING CENTER ( LEAD IN THOSE TV'S, MONITORS, ETC YOU KNOW! ) THE POWER SWITCH ON JILL IS NO LONGER LIT, MODEM REALLY HOT BUT NO LIGHTS ON. I UNPLUGGED THE CABLE MODEM AND DISCONNECTED EVERY THING!LIGHTNING IS DANGEROUS!. I HAVE HAD FRIENDS AND KIN HIT BY IT AND LIVE! I KNEW A GIRL IN SCHOOL THAT NEVER FELT COLD IN WINTER AFTER IT HIT HER!MANY BUILDINGS, UNITS GOT SOMETHING DESTROYED! THANK GOD NO DEATHS OR INJURIES! BE CAREFUL ( STAY OFF CELL AND ALL PHONES, ETC, ) DURING ELECTRICAL STORMS!HAVE A GREAT DAY! p s. the lightning must have traveled through the comcast cable tower wire s in my area! they do have underground wires also.