As TOTV often does, it gets me to looking into stuff. Today, I learned I need to look into surge protection a bit more upon my return if our house is still there
Couple of easy reads for your down time...
HowStuffWorks "Power Surges"
Above was a high level easy read. Take away for me is
some surge protect power strips are useless and tips on what to look for when buying one.
Lightning Myths - Surge protectors and UPS devices provide total lightning protection :: Storm Highway Weather Library
I need to educate myself more on how to best mitigate, but sounds like lightening wins in almost all cases
