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How do you really prepare for a lightning strike? We had a strike close to the house, didn't hit it but was close enough to spike the electrical system. I have quality surge protectors on just about everything and they seem to work, but my Wifi router is not protected and the spike wiped out the programming inside. Took two days to get a tech out here to fix it. Amazing just how much we depend on the Internet to make life easier and never realize it until we loose it! We have a poor system in our area which goes out about 3 times a year, reason I never tried any of my other routers. Around here, one wouldn't think anything wrong if you saw a Pony Express rider delivering the mail or a few crank telephones still in use! :highly_amused: