If I ever saw an advert for surge protectors, this is it. If people invested in a £15 unit that shields your electronics and anything connected to them (in other words: you) from destruction at the hands of vindictive weather patterns. OK, so it wouldn’t have stopped lightning striking and their house would still be fucked, but it would have saved having to replace a PS2 and a TV at least, and there’s the little fact that their kid wouldn’t have been struck by lightning.