We had a high end surge protector hit by lightning and my computer was plugged into it and fried the motherboard. It also melted all the cords that were plugged into the walls. Just have to say there were great fireworks in my living room that day! We had to replace all the breakers to and that was not cheap. Thank goodness for insurance! Now when we have storms everything gets shut off and we use big flash lights till the storms pass.