Easy Come Easy Go…….BOOM!

Wow! Reminds me of why I left Pensacola. We got hit by three major hurricanes in our 16 years there. Never again. The good thing about your event, it is likely to never hit you again in the same house. Wishing you good recovery.

I live in an area with frequent thunder storms and hail. Had to replace our roof last year. I am in the habit of unplugging my power conditioner when a storm is expected of course what happened here it would have mattered little what was unplugged. Hope you are back home soon. 

Nick where do you live? Your profile pic looks like the desert southwest but someone above mentioned Pensacola. I cannot believe how the bases of your B&Ws just burned off! Thankful you and your family and pets are all fine.

for those of you who didn’t go to the photo on OP’s facebook site

Glad you and yours were all uninjured. Maybe scarred for life at the sound and sight of distant lightning.

That looks like a direct strike, must have been LOUD! And the smell of all that melting plastic. Thank goodness you have good insurance. Have fun picking out new stuff.

Did you ever take a walk after a big storm, come across a tree that took a direct hit, the smell of burning wood is memorable, bark, and damp inner wood cracked open.

San Antonio TX. Lost all my LP’s except for the boxed sets that were in a different room and didn’t get wet. 

Believe it or not this is now the 2nd time this house has been hit by lightning 

First time was 2000 when we moved in did minor damage. 

You guys would laugh if you could here me trying to explain to the adjuster that these are “audiophile” LP’s not run of the mill records and some are rare and collectible and worth several hundred $$

Then I told her the replacement B&W 801’s price and she just said “wow” 

I lost a lot of nice guitars too  

It’s going to be like a second job getting all of these replaced, and deciding which to choose not to replace because we’re gonna go over our maximum allowable limit