Friday morning, I was getting the kids loaded into the car, leaning in to buckle Darby into her seat and out of nowhere a tree not 30' away got hit by lightning. I could see the strike through the windshield of my car.
Immediately, well, really at the same time, the garage door opener above our heads (I'd closed the glass of the sunroof thankfully, but not the shade) exploded.
Figured it out later, but what seems to have happened was the lightning hit the tree, arced over to our mosquito magnet which is less than 10'or so away, and the lightning/electricity surged up the extension cord into the garage where the mosquito magnet is/was plugged in.
So far we've lost our wireless router, a TV, a DVD player, and the mosquito magnet. Oh, and the GFCI outlet on the porch next to the hot tub. Since we're still working the claim with Allstate for the living room floor that flooded while we were out of town, I feel like they'll think we're making this stuff up.
Oh, and yes, the kids were freaking, but we made a game of it. The loudness made Darby cry, but I ate her face until she was laughing. James is currently afraid of everything, so he was more of a challenge. Cory took it in stride.
It wasn't even drizzling when the lightning hit. It was totally out of the blue. Oh, and the neighbor's across the street lost a TV, it exploded and started on fire. So...all in all, I'd say we were incredibly lucky.
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