vman1300
Never Forgotten
There were some major storms that moved through Western North Carolina on Sunday afternoon. Large hail, high winds and yes lightning.
The wifey and I arrived home from church around 6:30pm to our street with no power. We decided to go eat. While we were eating, I kept trying to call home to see if the answering machine would pick up...no go....
When we got home our neighbor was outside and ran over to tell us that the corner of our house was hit with lightning.
I walked down to survey the damage.........the corner of our home was split open like a sardine can.
Once inside, there was a stench of something burning. I called 911 and 3 minuites later, fire trucks of all sorts are around my house.
After letting the Fire dept in, they checked the wall with thermal cameras(really neat BTW) they found no hot spots.
The insulation was charred black and one of the crew said it was a miracle that the house was still standing. He asked me if I believed in God and I told him yes....and that I had already said a word of thanks for our house still here and not burnt to a crisp.
Now for the damage report....so far.
structural damage-outside and inside, it basically looks like a small stick of dynamite went off inside our walls. Sheetrock blow away from the walls.
Major wiring damage on that side of the house. No power making way to the garage....grrrrrr!
So far, we are blessed with all working appliances.
My desktop and laptop are shot, playstation gone and possible a TV and a surround system.
Cable modem fried and a router. I did borrow a PC from the shop since I work from home alot.
And yes we do have insurance and everything will be covered, less a deductiable.
But with all the damage I am thankful we were not home as we spend alot of time on that end of the house. There is no telling what could have happened......
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The wifey and I arrived home from church around 6:30pm to our street with no power. We decided to go eat. While we were eating, I kept trying to call home to see if the answering machine would pick up...no go....
When we got home our neighbor was outside and ran over to tell us that the corner of our house was hit with lightning.
I walked down to survey the damage.........the corner of our home was split open like a sardine can.
Once inside, there was a stench of something burning. I called 911 and 3 minuites later, fire trucks of all sorts are around my house.
After letting the Fire dept in, they checked the wall with thermal cameras(really neat BTW) they found no hot spots.
The insulation was charred black and one of the crew said it was a miracle that the house was still standing. He asked me if I believed in God and I told him yes....and that I had already said a word of thanks for our house still here and not burnt to a crisp.
Now for the damage report....so far.
structural damage-outside and inside, it basically looks like a small stick of dynamite went off inside our walls. Sheetrock blow away from the walls.
Major wiring damage on that side of the house. No power making way to the garage....grrrrrr!
So far, we are blessed with all working appliances.
My desktop and laptop are shot, playstation gone and possible a TV and a surround system.
Cable modem fried and a router. I did borrow a PC from the shop since I work from home alot.
And yes we do have insurance and everything will be covered, less a deductiable.
But with all the damage I am thankful we were not home as we spend alot of time on that end of the house. There is no telling what could have happened......
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