Lightning knocks out power, sets shed alight
Tuesday 30th November 2010, 2:30PM GMT.
ACCOUNTANT Robert Bickley’s world was plunged into darkness, smoke and noise when a lightning strike fried his home’s electrics and burnt down his shed.
He fears he could now be facing a bill of more than £10,000.
Mr Bickley, 41 (pictured), was watching TV at his home at Les Hurettes, St Martin’s, at around 8pm on Friday when the storm hit.
‘I had heard rumblings and saw the snow half an hour before,’ he said. ‘Then all of a sudden there was a massive bang.
‘I thought the house had taken a direct hit – the TV went out, the lights went out, I could hear the fire alarms going off and there was smoke coming out of everywhere.’
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Should all the schools be closed when there`s a thunderstorm approaching? The kids might be hit by lightning!
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slep: “Loose lips sink ships”
Don’t give the States’ Health & Safety dept any ideas!
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Is this really newsworthy ?
What about the exodus of locals ?
The cancer of the finacial services industry ?
The forced removal of vending machines ?
The closure of The Grotto ?
The Flumes ?
The inaction by the gfsc over the Glanmore Property fund were people have lost hundreds of thousands of pounds ?
Come on GP get back to some worthy comments
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PB Falla, I think something like a lightning burning down a shed IS newsworthy!
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slep
Obviously more newsworthy than the people who have lost hundreds of thousands of pounds in glanmore property a guernsey reg fund.
So which do you think is more newsworthy people of Guernsey ?
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P B Falla
I think the shed story is better because it has a nice pretty picture with snow in it, and we dont get that very often.
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PB Falla, don`t forget: the Press does report the other `more important` news too!
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bcb
The fact that you dont get something very often does not make it likeable
“Weve not had a invasion for a while”
Maybe we should have one to kwwp us happy
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