Originally posted by MoonTimber:

Originally posted by Martin:

Yeh sounds like you have old transformers up on telegraph poles still.. lightning hits it or nearby and it breaks everything for miles. Need to tell your providers to put stuff in the ground.. alot better. easier to repair too.. no ladders needed.

Hahaha I'll get right on that! I wish they would put it underground but I see them in the area all the time climbing telephone poles!

Yeh you'd think a country that has tornados etc.. would put all their stuff underground.. but then.. you also get earthquakes alot.. so kinda catch 22 init. Most of our stuff here in the uk is piped now, under the roads etc. Only power is in the air.. for helicopters to hit etc.