Zapped

Some strong storms moved through our are yesterday afternoon. About 3:30 I heard two very loud, quick sounds that sounded like gunshots right outside the window; lightning strike. I don't know what it hit but it knocked out the phone line and a surge must have come through the cable and fried both the cable modem and the Netgear router. I guess the surge must have gone from the modem through the Cat-5 cable and killed the router, but I don't think any of the NIC's were damaged in the computers. The router must have absorbed what the modem passed onto it. The surge did not go through the power lines because the power still worked and the surge protector itself works fine, too. Ugh. I could see no damage do the house nor any down lines outside. So, I have no Internet at home at least until Wednesday morning when RCN comes out to swap out the modem. I have no idea if the outside equipment was fried too. However, the phone started working again this morning but the appointment for the phone was Wednesday so maybe they came today or fixed it remotely. I bought another router through Newegg.com and that probably won't arrive until early next week. Hopefully, I'll just need a modem swap and that no equipment outside is damaged or, if it is, it can be fixed or replaced quickly.