We got a thunderstorm Monday afternoon...not much rain, but plenty of lightning! When I came home I noticed one of those green telephone box covers laying in the road. I just figured the Embarq guys were working in the area and had dropped one out of their truck. When I got home and turned on the computer it would not log on...said call Embarq, etc. Then I checked the phone...no dial tone. Went back to the phone box cover and saw where it got blown off the box! Lightning strike! All the wires were burnt off the connectors! The inside of the box had melted copper splattered all over it. I call the repair line. Yesterday I saw the Embarq guys working on one of the boxes so I stopped and talked to them. They said it blew up SEVERAL boxes in my area and may be days before they get everyone back on line. I was lucky, mine got fixed the first day!