Alderney homes suffer power loss after lightning strikes
Friday 2nd November 2012, 10:00AM GMT.
Lightning bolts struck two chimneys and wiped out power to half a dozen properties in Alderney yesterday morning. 1280754
LIGHTNING bolts struck two chimneys and wiped out power to half a dozen properties in Alderney yesterday morning.
The 7am storm also blew out phone lines, modems and electrical gadgets around the island.
At Essex Castle, which is set on a hill, lightning struck a brick chimney.
Tens of thousands of volts surged along cables and down into properties below.
Residents spoke of a deafening blast, sparks and a smell of burning.
Mark Barrier, a builder, said he, his partner and their animals were lucky to be uninjured after a bolt travelled down a blocked chimney and towards a cat cage on the floor.
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What have you naughty people in Fort Essex been up to to warrant the wrath of the Gods?
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and why was there a cat cage on the floor, was it for a Black Cat???
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Apparently they were all in favor of Sunday trading …..
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Any photos of the wiring damage?
You know its a bad storm when the 3G Internet drops out.
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