Do you stay off the phone and avoid taking a shower?
2007-04-04 11:13:43 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Weather
Both of these are advisable because lightning can strike outside and the electrical surge from the strike is easily carried through water lines and phone lines
2007-04-04 11:23:40 · answer #1 · answered by wdmc 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes definitely. The myth buster TV show put their dummy on the phone and in the shower and the discharged a high charge into their model house. In both cases, their dummy would have been dead if it was a person.
2007-04-04 18:28:18 · answer #2 · answered by Gene 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If lightning can fry my computer through the phone line, which it has done, it is not going to treat my ear very kindly if I am talking on the phone during a storm. No telephone call is so important it can't wait til the storm has passed.
2007-04-04 21:27:23 · answer #3 · answered by tentofield 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes you should also stay away from windows and doors also use the 30/30 lightning rule. if you hear thunder in 30 sec or less after the initial lightning strike you should stay indoors for more than 30 min
2007-04-04 20:34:43 · answer #4 · answered by jjohnson52388 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. There is little danger from the phone, and none whatever from the shower.
2007-04-04 18:21:08 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes to both
2007-04-05 00:18:05 · answer #6 · answered by John K 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
stay off the phone and shut your computer off
2007-04-07 16:29:00 · answer #7 · answered by jerry 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, and turn off all electrical appliances until it is over.
2007-04-08 00:15:32 · answer #8 · answered by Hal R 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋