Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbatt!cwruecmp!abic!wrk From: wrk@abic.UUCP (William King) Newsgroups: net.misc Subject: lightning srikes Message-ID: <858@abic.UUCP> Date: Fri, 10-Oct-86 15:55:22 EDT Article-I.D.: abic.858 Posted: Fri Oct 10 15:55:22 1986 Date-Received: Sun, 12-Oct-86 02:21:57 EDT Organization: Allen-Bradley Co., Highland Heights, OH 44143 Lines: 15 I'm tyring to present to my management a rational argument why we shouldn't have 100 feet of baseband coax between two buildings. I instead propose to use fiber optic. I would appreciate any horror stories that people have regarding mass destruction of computers after a nearby lightning strike. Please mail responses to me and I'll summarize..... Thanks, Bill King @ Allen-Bradley Company Industrial Computer Division 747 Alpha Drive, Highland Heights, OH 44143 @{cwruecmp,decvax,pyramid}.UUCP:wrk@abic.ABNET.COM ---------------- I say we nuke the planet, it's the only way to be sure.....