I live in Pleasant Hill and early Thurs. morning, around 2 a.m., when those storms went through my house got struck by lightning. The storms woke me up so I turned on the television to see what was happening, I then decided to get up and look outside to see what the storm was doing and I heard a real loud lightning strike but it was different than any I had ever heard before so it kind of scared me. I went downstairs to make sure all my patio furniture was still where it should be and much to my astonishment my fireplace had been turned into a water fountain. At first I thought the lightning strike had knocked a hole in my chimney and it was rain water so I ran to get towels and buckets to collect the water. I then could hear my water meter in the basement going crazy. I ran downstairs to see for sure and quickly shut off the water main which stopped the water flow but the damage had already been done. My family room and laundry room were flooded with about a half an inch of water. I've been working with my insurance, service masters, a plumber, and an electrician since then trying to get everything cleaned up.
The plumber actually said I was very lucky because he said that the lightning strike came down my chimney and hit a copper water pipe, he said the pipe and the surrounding area had actually caughten on fire but then since it broke the water pipe that it put itself out. He said he'd never seen anything like it before.
Long story short my downstairs is all torn up, the carpet was ruined the ceiling and drywall have holes cut into them because the industrial sized fans that service masters put in place to dry everything out needs to reach inside to make sure everything gets dry. I have no air conditioning since my thermostat and possibly the air conditioner got fried. My t.v.s are junk. Just a complete mess. But everyone is ok and the house is still standing.
The plumber actually said I was very lucky because he said that the lightning strike came down my chimney and hit a copper water pipe, he said the pipe and the surrounding area had actually caughten on fire but then since it broke the water pipe that it put itself out. He said he'd never seen anything like it before.
Long story short my downstairs is all torn up, the carpet was ruined the ceiling and drywall have holes cut into them because the industrial sized fans that service masters put in place to dry everything out needs to reach inside to make sure everything gets dry. I have no air conditioning since my thermostat and possibly the air conditioner got fried. My t.v.s are junk. Just a complete mess. But everyone is ok and the house is still standing.
