It's been out of order for several days. Screams in my ear when I try to use it. Screams in the ear of anyone who tries to call me, too.

Phone man finally came to fix it this afternoon and asked me if we had a lightening strike when the storm came thru a few days ago. I told him only if it happened at night while I was snoozing. He showed me a little tubular brass part that had been struck by lightening. Scary. The junction box is attached to the house just outside the birdroom.

He said a man's phone lines got hit and the strike hit in the back of the house, crawled under his house and exploded out the flower bed in front of the house.  Made a real mess.

Annie