My HT equipment got zapped!

[Swish]

We had some bad lightning strikes on Tuesday afternoon, but no damage was evident to us until the next day, although the alarm system went haywire for a little bit. I left at 3 AM on Wednesday to go the the final practice rounds of the US Open at Oakmont, and my garage door opened by wouldn't close. I had to shut it manually and found out upon my return that the circuit board was fried.

Thursday night was my first venture to the HT room in several days, and the entire circuit that powers my equipment was out. The breaker was tripped but would not turn back on, so I called my younger brother, who happens to be an electrician, and we started out replacing the breaker, which didn't help. We had already unplugged my surge protector and a few other items (my Mesa Boogie guitar amp primarily), then found out a tripped GFI was the culprit. Once that was reset, we plugged the Monster surge protector back in and it tripped the circuit once again, so we figured it was shot.

Now I was concerned that my equipment got destroyed too, so I was sweating bullets as I plugged each one into the wall outlet and turned them on. To my relief, the DVD player, my Rotel processor, the HD cable converter, the Hi Def TV and my 2 channel Adcom, which powers the di-pole side speakers in my 7.1 channel rig, were all fine. However, my Adcom GFA 7500 5 Channel THX amp would not power up. I was relieved when I found out the fuse was bad, so I bought a replacement and inserted it, but nothing! Dang!

Well, my Monster offers a lifetime warranty and up to 100K for any equipment damage, but now I have to go through the mess of filing a claim.

Anyone else have a similar experience?

G Swish