Wife's office bldg was hit by lightning mid week. Today we went to take a look:

* No outlet power - tripped MCB.

* IoT server (not biz critical) - blown network interface.

* 200Mbit Home plug dead. Took in apart at home - insides charred. Had a spare.

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* Old security system triggered its alarms when power was restored. Fixed by removing mains fuse and removing batt. Seems outside alarm box had no separate batt (or it's dead), thank goodness!

The server (Lenovo M53) boots OK but no LAN. New bare bones chassis + PSU coming from eBay for £35.

Could have been worse.