Switzerland was knocked out of the Euro 2008 last night by Turkey. That games was played in Basel and it was *really* raining there. Earlier in the evening Portugal defeated the Czech Republic. In this area, the flags we see the most after Swiss flags, are Portugal flags. We thought we would hear some celebrating, but it was relatively quiet.
Thursday, June 12, 2008
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Most Swiss homes have some kind of special power surge-blocking thing where the power supply (and cable & internet lines) come into the building down in the basement. It means that power surges essentially never happens. Which is why it is impossible to purchase a power surge protector in the computer stores. They aren't really needed.
You likely have one in your basement. Which means that your electrical equipment should be protected. You could probably ask the building manager about it.
We found out about ours when a lightning strike took out our cable & internet. All of our equipment was fine. They just needed to replace a small something down in the basement and everything was back up and running. Took less than 5 minutes after the repairman arrived.
You learn something new every day.
We haven't checked yet, but we also haven't had many more storms, so we've left stuff plugged in.
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