I just toke the ting apart and got mine out. We got hit twice different houses. 1st time it hit the tree next to were I park my car (I was late getting home that day thank goodness )it melted to paint on the next car toke out ore phone and blew the fuses out of the box and across the room. 2nd time it toke out our air conditioner It also did a lot of damage to my neighbors on ether side of me .