I live in Strathfield, some 10 or so Klms from the centre of Sydney in a straight line..<br /><br />There is no bush and not many trees anywhere near here, so why do I hate Bushfires??<br /><br />Because in the last lot the little bit of "bush" on the freeway, sorry TOLLWAY caught fire and burnt out the local power station, which in turn caused several power blackours and surges..<br /><br />So ??<br /><br />Well the power surges blew up my computers motherboard and hard drive !!!<br /><br />$400.00 later and a lot of files lost I'm back..<br /><br />At what really pisses me off is that I did not have a power surge trip switch or back up my files, so its my own fault !! <img border="0" title="" alt="[Frown]" src="images/icons/default/frown.gif" /> <br /><br />I hate Sydney Electricity workers...(I just added that for Phil !)<br /><br />Oh, by the way.. Have a happy Christmas and a happy new year everyone..<br /><br />With all the new Sat launches and Impact TV, (WOW WOW WEE), it's gonna be a good one..<br /><br />cheers Frank <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="images/icons/default/grin.gif" />