[Elecraft] Lightning Strike - Metal Roof attracts?

[Alan D. Wilcox]

Hello,
Unusual electrical storms here on top of hill on Sunday evening (9/11). 
On Saturday, the roofing contractor finished putting half of metal roof 
on house. Received lightning strike to roof (I think), but saw flash 
onto front walkway. Heard explosion right at my wall. Couldn't find 
point of hit though. Roof was finished Monday.

Is that new metal roof a target for the next storm? Never had a 
lightning strike near here before this.

For the curious: Damage was everything connected to my LAN ... Apple 
MBPro, Mac Mini, MacPro I/O, router, hub, soundcard connected to K3 on 
old Windows PC. The K3 ant and power were disconnected (but two audio 
cables from old PC were connected to K3): my K3 is shot and on its way 
to Elecraft. A Comcast TV box was shot, and the tel and Internet all 
needed reset from Comcast. Still finding problems ...

Limping along with old Win-2000 PC.

Cheers, Alan

Alan D. Wilcox, W3DVX (K2-5373, K3-40)
570-321-1516
http://WilcoxEngineering.com
http://eBookEditor.net
Williamsport, PA 17701