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Weird Weather

We continue to have daily, and sometimes multiple-daily, electrical storms. Even though we're using surge suppressors, I still unplug things during the worst of it. The surge suppressors that we can buy here are not rated to a very high number of Joules (for what that is worth), so I don't trust them very much. Once again, I found a bad wireless access point in my attic on Wednesday morning, and once again, it was the LAN port that was bad. No other equipment connected to the system was bad, just that. I think I won't buy that brand wireless access points next time I make a purchase. So, I put a spare in place, and that's my last one. Next time one goes out, not sure what we'll do. Budget is so tight right now. A check from the Ministry of Public Health would help a lot, as they need to pay us quite a bit for our recent Air Ambulance flying. Seems like they are always so late with their payments.

Then yesterday I found that Elsa's computer, which I also now use for radio e-mail, was dead. Not sure when that happened, but I discovered it on Wednesday AM. I initially noticed it wasn't running on Tuesday night when I was shutting things down during an electrical storm, but didn't think too much of it. But then, it wouldn't boot up yesterday, so I started investigating. At first I thought it was the power supply (I wish--cheaper), but it turned out to be the motherboard. So I added that board to my stack of toasted motherboards, and installed my last spare. I'll have to work on getting a couple more spares on the shelf. At any rate, the Turners out in Makuma have radio e-mail again, and I'm sure they are pleased about that.

Today has started off cool and rainy. I hope it stays that way, and that afternoon heat won't bring an electrical storm.