House hit by lightning

[Mexico]

That's crazy glad no one was hurt!

[Pineywoods]

Oh man.. glad everyone is ok!

[Stan R]

Looks like a pass thru hit.
Is there a chimney or a gas line nearby or in the attic?

I would turn all gas off and then go watch the meter to make sure it didn't pop a fitting somewhere.

Take the above serious!

[DUKFVR]

Glad everyone is safe. Never seen anything like that.

[DeerGeek]

Looks like a pass thru hit.
Is there a chimney or a gas line nearby or in the attic?

I would turn all gas off and then go watch the meter to make sure it didn't pop a fitting somewhere.

X1,000

Got hit last May and ruptured our gas lines in the attic. Get your lines pressure tested.

[Aggiehunter08]

That's wild!

[mighty]

Crazy

[Johnny Dangerr]

A friend House got hit by lightning. He had three aquariums full of fish and all the fish got zapped. It jumped over to his cable lines and fried a whole bunch of TVs and computers. I think the final total was $30,000.....
Got a fancy surge protector last year. ........

[UncleBubba]

Our house got hit a few years ago. Had to replace all electronics and the roof. It was expensive but the insurance worked with us. Glad all are safe!

[NBK75]

Looks like a pass thru hit.
Is there a chimney or a gas line nearby or in the attic?

I would turn all gas off and then go watch the meter to make sure it didn't pop a fitting somewhere.

No gas line and firefighters check the entire house, attic and chimney with no signs. We did look at out daughters curtain rood ands its black so maybe that was the conductor.

[Tejas Wildlife]

Be prepared for ceiling fans and all sorts of electrical appliances to fail in the coming months. Happened to us

[Atfulldraw]

No gas line and firefighters check the entire house, attic and chimney with no signs. We did look at out daughters curtain rood ands its black so maybe that was the conductor.

brick house?

I've seen similar damage when it hits the steel lintel over a window, but it usually hits a tree or a chimney chase first.

[RodinaRanč]

Happened to us last Summer as well...came in by the stove & traveled through the stove, melting the 110 cord & catching fire. Burned a hole in the flex gas line & was burning straight gas & the fire moved up thru the cabinets. Fried the a/c control board & outside a/c unit as it exited the opposite end of the house.

As said above, make sure all lines are pressure tested & you may ask for a megohm test of all circuits to be included in the damage estimate, as well as a contingency for any future appliance failures (we had several electronics fail within a month or so of being hit) & strike report to be ran to document it further.

We were lucky we were home & had a fire extinguisher handy. Glad it wasn't any worse for you & no one was hurt!

[Edward54]

Wow that's crazy glad you are safe


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