Thursday, May 11, 2006
The Weather With You
My ADSL connection went mad last night. It seemed to be disconnecting itself every 2 minutes, then reconnecting again at the same speed. That's not meant to happen.
It probably isn't a coincidence that there was a lot of lightning shown on this lightning map. The map shows the lightning discharges (they don't necessarily hit the ground, so they aren't lightning "strikes") for one hour ago across Europe. You can also see what was happening up to a day ago by choosing a time in the box on the right of the map.
The odd thing is it didn't rain in Southampton last night, and I didn't hear any thunder. The ADSL certainly sensed it. Apparently in the old days you could hear lightning approaching on the radio (LW or MW), but it's good that we can use the internet for that now too isn't it?
Maybe I should have unplugged my expensive computer, but I put my faith in the £10 mains and telephone surge protector that I bought from ASDA. Everything seems to be OK now ...
Update: Another ADSLGuide discussion about lightning:
bbs.adslguide.org.uk/showthreaded.php?Cat=&Board=btsupplier&Number=2451574
