Posted by Abner from user-2ive8ju.dialup.mindspring.com on June 25, 1999 at 21:41:02:
I actually had to go buy a new modem. I was online Thursday when a sudden rainstorm came up. Lightning struck nearby and somehow zapped my modem (it disconnected abrubtly at the instant of the lightning and wouldn't reconnect after).
"There was a power spike, but the reactor SCRAMmed automatically.."
Abner