Today, my telephone line was hit by lightning. I discovered that not only will lightning fry a router, it will also destroy any PCs connected to that router via network cables. I also discovered that a $10 phone line surge protector would have saved nearly $3,000 worth of PC equipment. FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, we spent an entire day without being able to do work because our internet connection was down. Turns out, only the router had crashed and nobody bothered to reset it "to avoid doing further damage". FML
Today, while working the dinner rush at my job, every single computer, credit card machine, and printer froze for an hour and a half. The reason behind this issue was a large wire ripped from the mainframe, the same wire I tripped over 20 seconds before while my boss watched. FML
Today, I spilled a glass of iced tea all over my desk. It trickled down the wall and fried an extension cord. FML
Today, my cat decided that the best place for her to pee was over the surge protector where my modem, router, and printer are plugged in. FML
Today, I tried to charge my phone at school by removing the socket for the fan. All the computers in the room turned off. I accidentally removed the power cables for the computers and got suspended. FML
Today, the ethernet cable that I'd waited so long for arrived. I have been gaming on the stupidly unstable wifi for months and finally I thought my life would be saved. Then it turns out that the ethernet port isn't working. FML
Today, during a storm-related power failure, I jerry-rigged an inverter from my car to supply the essentials. In doing so, I managed to blow up the fridge, smoke and all. The power came back on 5 minutes later. FML
Today, my cat knocked my phone into the bathtub. I grabbed it, dried it, and put it on the charger without thinking. Five minutes later, the bathroom lights went out and my landlord texted me asking why the fuses had tripped. FML
Today, in an effort to rearrange my bedroom, I planned to reroute my internet cables under my house. Then I found out about the black widow infestation. FML
Today, my house was broken into and my computer was stolen. Fortunately, I have cloud backups of all my work; unfortunately, hardware prices have gone through the roof and I won't be able to replace that computer soon. FML
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Top comments
stunty_fml 0
You lucky you. Surge protector worth 10 bucks would probably set your house on fire.
Fop 6
HAH. YDI for not getting one though. This one was actually good. Also, I like the OPs name.
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Comments (106)
ObadiahtheSlim 2
3k for a computer!? What the hell kind of computer are you using? I can build a top of the line gaming system for under 2k.
GriefBacon 0
Don't you know about Alienware? Those things run around 4k and up. There is no top of the line gaming system for 2k, unless you're using generic product.
lordmoe 0
True top of the line gaming computers are about 10k... any computer you build for 2k would be blown outa the water by a real gaming computer.
aurim 0
I live in CPT as well... that was one hell of a lightning storm. I think in my 27 years i've probably seen 3 like them. Luckily nothing of mine got fried, but our streets power did trip. And yes, DSL is the best option you have here.
GriefBacon 0
Yep. And some of the 40 dollar surge protectors will even replace any equipment plugged into them up to a certain amount (mine is $100,000).
RylDavidson8 0
Should have bought a mac.
fourzerofour 0
I see you're in South Africa? I guess the houses there are not equipped with phone line surge protectors standard? Interesting. But yes, sadly it was probably not only the phone line that was hit, as it's unlikely the charge would travel through your phone line, the modem, the router, and into your computer... but I suppose it's possible. Either way, yes, surge protectors are good things. All my expensive stuff is wireless, so my router could fry if my protection fails, but not my computers. My stuff is also EMP hardened.
Pix_fml 0
Hahahahaha!
shadowskater 0
i should get one of those considering i have 4 pcs connected 2 ps3s and a xbox 360
tisiphone_fml 0
Ah, something has been learned from a story posted on fml. I never thought I would see the day...
earthzebracheese 0
should have gotten a mac.
deadkenn8 0
ydi for using a pc.
SupermanXL 3
captain obvious strikes again!