With the imminent storms, I thought that it would be wise to share some advice that has saved me plenty of time and money in the past. The advice is simply to disconnect electrical appliances from their outlets at the first rumble of thunder. This applies whether you have surge protectors or not. Given the amount of power that's delivered by a lightning strike, even a near-miss can send pulses of electricity that TVs, computers, modems, routers, etc. cannot hope to survive. My sister lost a modem to such a strike, the evidence being the toasted innards of the computer. I've also seen the tell-tale signs of blue mist on the circuit boards of laptops and appliances which have been overwhelmed. It's a routine that works and is familiar to my own kids. When you hear the rumble, shutdown and unplug.
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