Do you plug off your TV/Computer cable when there's storm? ?
By Ifamous
@ifa225 (14364)
Indonesia
26 responses
@DaddyEvil (137142)
• United States
2 Mar 23
Years and years ago my first desktop got hit by lightning... Since then I plug everything into shielded/grounded electrical outlets.
If your cellphone isn't plugged in, then it doesn't need to be shut off. It doesn't have enough charge to draw a lightning bolt... unless you stand on a high hill and raise your phone above your head and hold it there...
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@DaddyEvil (137142)
• United States
2 Mar 23
@ifa225 I was really hoping you wouldn't do that.
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@ifa225 (14364)
• Indonesia
2 Mar 23
@DaddyEvil you remind me to not do that
But is there any case that someone hit by storm when s/he used a phone during stormy day?
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@astutimeliana723 (4536)
• Indonesia
2 Mar 23
My mother always scolded me if I still played cellphone when there was lightning.
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@ifa225 (14364)
• Indonesia
2 Mar 23
@astutimeliana723 we do it for our kid's sake.. Poor mother
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@Shivram59 (31903)
• India
3 Mar 23
@Ifa225 Yes;it is very necessary .I do it when the weather gets stormy.
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@ifa225 (14364)
• Indonesia
4 Mar 23
@Shivram59 that was a lot. Better to stay at home in stormy day
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@Shivram59 (31903)
• India
4 Mar 23
@ifa225 That's the safest.But if;due to some reasons;you are out of home;then never stay under a tree or in water in a pond or river.These are the places where you are most vulnerable to lightning strike.
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@JimBo452020 (42629)
• United Kingdom
10 Mar 23
This is something that I know I should do.
But I don't.
I always forget to do it
Now I have replied to a post about it
I may well remember the next time
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@ifa225 (14364)
• Indonesia
10 Mar 23
@JimBo452020 I read somewhere that the magnet pole of earth has shifted.. But don't know if this true since I can't see it
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@JimBo452020 (42629)
• United Kingdom
10 Mar 23
@ifa225
Maybe has something to do with climate change.
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@snowy22315 (170271)
• United States
2 Mar 23
No, mine are plugged into surge protectors that protect against power surges if there is a storm.
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@snowy22315 (170271)
• United States
3 Mar 23
@ifa225 You can buy power strips that are surge protector enhanced, have a built in one.
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@ifa225 (14364)
• Indonesia
4 Mar 23
@snowy22315 I will ask my husband if he can do that for our electronic stuff
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@FayeHazel (40246)
• United States
6 Mar 23
Oh no. I heard of that happening. I thought it wasn't an issue anymore though. Looks like it may well be, huh?
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