Mundane News

[Ming the Merciless]

Storm ⛈ directly overhead. House just shook with thunder and lightning. At last it’s raining and cooling down. Hope it’s a proper amount of rain.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

I like to carry an item called a sillcock key with me. Opens faucets that have no handles, like on industrial buildings and office complexes.

You have to find the faucets first!

 

[Moon bunny]

A thought occurred to me last night, as they sometimes do. Even in Hundred Acre Wood we have televisions.

When I was a very young owlet, in a thunderstorm, we used to turn the tv off, and unplug it. What has changed, if anything, cos peeps do not seem to do that these days?

It is still the official advice:
https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weathe...-wellbeing/stay-safe-in-thunder-and-lightning

 

[Deleted member 26715]

Back in the 80's a house in the village of Cresswell in Derbyshire got hit by lightning I was working for BT at the time, we went into the house & the phone cable going up the stairs had melted & as it went over each step had blown out like a little explosion.

 

[Speicher]

It is still the official advice:
https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weathe...-wellbeing/stay-safe-in-thunder-and-lightning

Would there be a surge protector in the (relatively new) electricity control panel? I think it has an RCD in there.
In the early days of computers, the surge protector was in the socket gang.

 

[Deleted member 26715]

Would there be a surge protector in the (relatively new) electricity control panel? I think it has an RCD in there.
In the early days of computers, the surge protector was in the socket gang.

Again sorry to harp on about old BT days, but in the old old days, houses on the old country estates used to have fuses on the phone line just as they entered the house as a long drop wire run was susceptible to lightning strikes

 

[tyred]

A thought occurred to me last night, as they sometimes do. Even in Hundred Acre Wood we have televisions.

When I was a very young owlet, in a thunderstorm, we used to turn the tv off, and unplug it. What has changed, if anything, cos peeps do not seem to do that these days?

If you use an outdoor aerial mounted on your roof I would consider it a good idea to unplug the TV or the aerial cable during a thunderstorm.

 

[tyred]

My browser has just been updated but I don't see any change.

 

[Speicher]

If you use an outdoor aerial mounted on your roof I would consider it a good idea to unplug the TV or the aerial cable during a thunderstorm.

There is an aerial, but it is not connected to the TV. My tv receives programmes from the internet.

 

[Speicher]

On a lighter note, I have just had three blueberry pancakes, for Brunch. I have been watching Micheal Mosley on Channel 4, and decided to purchase the recipe book. It is based on eating a "lower" carbohydrate diet, and the recipe book has some excellent ideas.

 

[Gravity Aided]

You have to find the faucets first!

Generally not too hard to do. They are needed for lawn and garden maintenance. If I came across an older or unoccupied building, I would boil the water first, but I usually do that anyway.

 

[Speicher]

On a lighter note, I have just had three blueberry pancakes, for Brunch. I have been watching Micheal Mosley on Channel 4, and decided to purchase the recipe book. It is based on eating a "lower" carbohydrate diet, and the recipe book has some excellent ideas.

For the avoidance of doubt, each of the three pancakes contained more than three blueberries.

 

[mybike]

I have an anningversary today!

It is 25 years ago today, I that I saw this house, and fell love with the garden.

Where does the time go?

You should know that, it flies.

 

[Rickshaw Phil]

A couple of good evenings of thunder here. Tuesday; it started as I was heading for bed and we had a spectacular show for over an hour with constantly flickering lightning and the thunderclaps merging into a continuous rumble.

Yesterday the first rumbles came as I was just finishing with fettling the Raleigh about 5pm. More storms rolled in a couple of hours later and it got dark enough that the streetlights came on an hour early. After my computer got zapped by a close strike it suddenly seemed quite a good idea to switch off and unplug everything. Fortunately the device has booted up with no apparent ill effects this morning. The light show we got was even more spectacular than the previous night as we had storm cells on three sides and again that continuous roar. It eased a bit by about 11pm but I got woken a few times by more thunder into the early hours.

It's been a while since we've had a session like that.

 

[mybike]

Not quite as bad as last night, yet, but very wet.

I think we missed the worst of the lightening.