Zeus looked down from the heavens and noticed my amplifier was plugged in and turned on. And in cruel whimsy he threw lightning to the ground. And the earth was jolted. And the wires crackled. And the amp swallowed too many electrons and went POP. And that was the end of the Blues Jr..
Time to invest in a surge protector, I guess.
The fellow working on our new room’s electricity caused a short which fried our surge protector.
Shoulda put a surge protector in front of your surge protector!