Originally Posted By: Cecil Baird1
Gentlemen,

We've been getting rain up the wahzoo here in northern Indiana for the past several days. Measured 7 1/2 inches in my wheel burrow (although the neighbor says her rain guage showed only 4 1/2 inches) after an all night rain and some gully washers a few days ago. Since then at least one, up to two lines of thunderstorms coming through mainly at night every day. Had two cordless phones fried by lightning several days ago. Lightning was so close and bright I thought my florescent lights n the shop had blown up. Saw something I've never seen before that first day of heavy rain. Down the road is a 1 acre pond in front of the local high school. It was overflowing it's banks. No emergency overflow on that pond.


Cecil:

1) I've always spelled it "wazzoo"; for some reason I can't find a dictionary entry for the word to check it out.

2) A number of years ago we lost a string of cordless phones due to thunderstorms. I put all the cordless base units on double input surge protectors (110vac plus the phone line) and have not lost any in storms since.

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