why does lightning set off burglar alarms?

Question

i was outside the other day and saw a flash of lightning in the sky, then all the alarms were going off in the street.

Answer 1

it most likely is a short cut in power when the lights dim and then they are triggered by that.....car alarms go off at the sound of loud thunder

Answer 2

When u have a lightning strike it generates a magnetic spike which induces voltage into all the wires in the area. In systems like burglar alarms the voltage is pretty low so the induced voltage gives u a false alarm.

Answer 3

The lightning carries energy. That energy makes the air molecules move back and forth in a compressional wave making sound. That sound is so emense that moved with so much energy and force that motion detectors thought it was movement setting off the alarms.

Answer 4

Lightening from the clouds increases the amount of static electricity in the atmosphere around us to become strong enough to complete the circuit in the buglar alrm devices & sets them off.

Answer 5

IT IS CAUSED BY THE MAGNETIC FORCE THAT LIGHTING HAS
REMEMBER ITS ELECTRICTY THAT TRAVELS IN LIGHTING
THE LIGHTING SENDS A MAGNETIC ELECTRICFING THING THROUGH TO THE ALARM THATS WHY THEY SAY IS BAD TO BE NEXT TO METAL WHEN LIGHTING IS HAPPENING

SOURCES: HILLARY SEENJAN
GEORGETOWN,
GUYANA,
SOUTH AMERICA

Answer 6

If the chick is white, then yea, that might be a little weird. Edit: Nah, those knees look fine.

Answer 7

i think the electricitie in the air. I read it in a newspaper. Grtz jan

Answer 8

Because Lightning is a stupid criminal