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  "description": "Lightning strikes not far from us knocked out a lot of the villages comms.",
  "path": "/short-articles/2023-04-17-lightning-strikes/",
  "publishedAt": "2023-04-17T11:37:35.760Z",
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  "tags": [
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    "Home"
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  "textContent": "Last week we were hit by a sudden storm. We missed the sky clouding over, it was very quick and then there was an almighty flash and instand thunder that shook the whole house. \n\nOur power went off before the thunderclap stoppped. It was a bit of a shock but the electricity came back on failry quickly and that sometimes causes issues. I checked the lightning app I have and could see a couple of hundred yards up the road. We had not been hit but were shook up! Then we realised we had no broadband. After checks I realised we had lost a base powerline unit so I ordered a new one. \n\nIt wasn't for another three days with patch wifi cover over the house that I worked out that the ethernet ports in the Router had also been fried. Hopefully, the new router will arrive this week but we realised how much we rely on internet services for our everyday life - even the radio stations we listen to come through the internet. \n\nI will be recreating our home mesh wifi slightly differently this time around and now have a spare base unit for the Lan - just in case!  There was a second lightening up in the village and a lot of people getting replacement routers over the weekend!",
  "title": "Lightning Strikes"
}