[olug] One Point Twenty-One Jigawatts

[Bob McCoy]

And now for something completely different ...
http://www.lightningstalker.com/weather/lightningstalker/gallery/

This guy takes great pictures of lightning.

About nine years ago I was living in Northern Italy in Aviano.  I was
chief of small computers for the base and owned the base email system
(then an AT&T 3B2 running SVR5 Unix).  It was in the midst of the heavy
spring thunderstorm season that we lost our big UPS.  It took several
weeks to find a replacement battery (the combination of slow government
logistics and the Italian economy).

About that time I received a Best Ferrups ad that had an 8x10 photo of a
fantastic lightning strike in Southern Florida.  To this day it hangs on
my office wall, labeled "How to Find a 3B2 in the Dark".  We were sure
glad to get that UPS working again!

Bob

-----Original Message-----
From: olug-bounces at olug.org [mailto:olug-bounces at olug.org] On Behalf Of
thehaas at binary.net
Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2003 1:18 PM
To: Omaha Linux User Group
Subject: Re: [olug] One Point Twenty-One Jigawatts


On Tue, May 13, 2003 at 12:19:01PM -0500, Trent Melcher wrote:
> It covers Phone line, Cable and powerlines coming into the house, I
think
> its around $6 a month to have it.   Installation I think was $50.

I just got it in my house . . . . it's $20 for installation, then
$6/month for the first year.  Apparently, you don't have to pay per
month after the first year. 

Also, if you sign up for level payment plan when you tell them you want
the surge protection, they will put that $20 fee into your level
payments (ie you don't have to pay the $20 at once, it's spread
throughout the year).

-- mikeh

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