Hello, Big Bean
Sorry to hear you are having trouble. You should be able to go into the menu even if there are no signals and select air/antenna in the Channel Menu and do a scan for channels.
What model number is the TV?
It is possible that the tuner or the preamp got zapped by the storm.
You will need to find out which part of the system isn't working by substituting known good parts for each; TV, preamp, antenna, coax.
The power transformer does get quite warm during normal operation, but the dongle/power inserter doesn't.
Your previous thread:
http://forum.tvfool.com/showthread.php?t=14856
Your previous tvfool report is no longer on the server.