I can't believe we are getting another storm! Last weekend my house was hit by lightning and fried my network. Should I say goodnight to Yahoo! and unplug my new hardware - or can I be confident that it won't happen twice!
2007-07-23 16:45:22 · 10 answers · asked by Rabbit 5 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
It came in on my phone line. A lightning rod probably would not have helped. Electricity has a way of finding a path if it has a mind too! Goodnight all!
2007-07-23 16:52:16 · update #1
Unplug - better safe than sorry! We'll be here when you come back!
2007-07-23 16:48:15 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yes, lightning does strike the same place. The Empire State Building gets struck by lightning several times a year.
2007-07-23 23:52:55 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a good idea, because I was online during a storm, and there was a single flash of lightning, and that shot my modem. So I don't go on during storms any longer, just in case that happens again.
2007-07-23 23:47:53 · answer #3 · answered by ☮Witty Sarcasm♥ 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Have someone install a lightning rod. I am amazed at the lack of such simple devices in the U.S. Your "fried network was totally preventable.
2007-07-23 23:48:55 · answer #4 · answered by Sven B 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Lightning is more likely to strike twice in one place than it is to strike once in a new place. That's a true fact. I read it somewhere -- I think it was my day-by-day calendar.
2007-07-23 23:48:32 · answer #5 · answered by Mickey Mouse Spears 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
yeah well its been raining off and on too many weeks in WA state. Very humid and wet
2007-07-23 23:47:45 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
maybe the lighting will strike on a different part of your house..lol..
2007-07-23 23:47:41 · answer #7 · answered by Ms. Pwn 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It's possible
2007-07-23 23:47:50 · answer #8 · answered by Nico 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes more than twice
2007-07-23 23:48:24 · answer #9 · answered by «Brooklyn♥09» 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
id unplug it and be on the safe side...... nighty night. be safe!!! :)
2007-07-23 23:49:01 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋