Surge protector

What surge protector/UPS will protect from extreme lightning storm destruction?

I think it depends a lot on the quality of the utility, too.  I spent some time doing IT work in a rural area with a crappy electric supplier.  Every lightning storm was followed with about a week of heavy labor replacing modems, power supplies, and motherboards.

It wasn't 'til I had that job that I actually believed modems could get fried through the phone line.