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  • CDSmith
    Too lazy to set a custom title
    • May 2001
    • 51460
    #1

    When there's a thunderstorm with lightning going on where you are...

    ... do you continue to sit at the computer?


    http://www.lightningsafety.com/nlsi_pls/lst.html
    IF INDOORS... Avoid water. Stay away from doors and windows. Do not use the telephone. Take off head sets. Turn off, unplug, and stay away from appliances, computers, power tools, & TV sets. Lightning may strike exterior electric and phone lines, inducing shocks to inside equipment.
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    • StuartD
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      • Jul 2002
      • 29903
      #2
      Unfortunately I have no choice... we've had thunderstorms here almost constantly for 4 or 5 weeks now. I've lost track at this point.
      We get a day or two sometimes of peace but for the most part, it's been a very consistent weather system around here.
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        • Tom_PM
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          • Feb 2005
          • 16443
          #3
          No, and I refuse to pick up the phone if it rings. Thats the weakest wire, then cable, then electric imho.

          Just the other week I had a phone, cable modem, router and two tv's tuners get fried in a storm. Both tv's turn on, but their tuners are slagged. Other inputs are ok. So it was through the cable.

          They also say (from survivors accounts) that right before you get struck, you may feel the sensation of your hair standing on end.. so if you feel that, drop flat and pray.
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            • tranza
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              • Jun 2003
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              #4
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                • Peaches
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                  • Oct 2002
                  • 13933
                  #5
                  I do and what's really strange is that I refuse to talk on the phone during a storm. When I was little a friend of my grandfather's was killed talking on the phone during a storm and he scared the shit out of all us so NONE of the grandkids will get near a phone during a storm, lol.

                  After living through a tornado in college, I also won't own a house w/o a basement. Even though I don't think there's ever been any record of a tornado up here in the mountains, I still herd everyone into the basement if there's a watch. I moved from "Tornado Alley" in Cobb County GA and I remember dragging the lady who used to come in and cook for me down to the basement with the dogs and the cat when the sirens went off one day

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                    • emjay
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                      • Dec 2004
                      • 4280
                      #6
                      Living on a small island, there is not enough landmass here to create juicy thunderstorms - kinda miss 'em lol
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                        • Imortyl Pussycat
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                          • Apr 2006
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                          #7
                          i get in my bed, go under my covers and cry. so i guess i'm safe
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                            • Tom_PM
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                              • Feb 2005
                              • 16443
                              #8
                              Good sense, Peaches. Phone use is the leading cause of indoor lightning injuries in the United States.
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                                • Deej
                                  I make pixels work
                                  • Jun 2005
                                  • 24386
                                  #9
                                  i always turn my computer off its its close...

                                  dont need to fry a board... surge protectors dont always protect your shit...

                                  my computer is too much of an asset to risk surfing/working through a bad storm, isnt too often so its not an issue

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                                    • polish_aristocrat
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                                      • Jul 2002
                                      • 40377
                                      #10
                                      If I hear a big thunderstorm nearby, I turn off the PC, the TV and don't take a bath (and I taught the same to my sales rep!).

                                      Actually not sure if the last thing makes sense, but I've been brought up that way.
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                                        • pornguy
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                                          • Mar 2003
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                                          #11
                                          we shut down and unplug because of the surges.

                                          Even with the power surge protectors, we lost a lap top.
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                                            • CDSmith
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                                              #12
                                              Originally posted by tranza
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                                                • CDSmith
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                                                  #13
                                                  Originally posted by PR_Tom
                                                  Good sense, Peaches. Phone use is the leading cause of indoor lightning injuries in the United States.
                                                  What if it's a cordless phone? :D
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                                                    • Fucksakes
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                                                      • Dec 2003
                                                      • 7567
                                                      #14
                                                      lol I stand out front my house and watch it with the kids.. nothing changes unless the power goes out, I only knew 1 person in my life that would unplug everything before leaving the house and would cry when it would thunder and shit.. obsiously her house been hit before.

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                                                        • Peaches
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                                                          • Oct 2002
                                                          • 13933
                                                          #15
                                                          If I'm going out of town I'll unplug the two main plugs that are the surge protectors for the laptop, printer, router, etc. I guess I need to start unplugging the laptop during storms - doh. I usually leave the TV on, lol. And I have a generator that kicks in at 6 seconds so I probably have more "surges" than the average bear.

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                                                            • Peaches
                                                              Old broad
                                                              • Oct 2002
                                                              • 13933
                                                              #16
                                                              I read a very interesting book (fiction) about a woman who had been struck by lightening and the author had done a lot of research. Seeing how many different ways a direct hit can affect a person is really bizarre.

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                                                                • CDSmith
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                                                                  • May 2001
                                                                  • 51460
                                                                  #17
                                                                  Originally posted by Peaches
                                                                  I do and what's really strange is that I refuse to talk on the phone during a storm. When I was little a friend of my grandfather's was killed talking on the phone during a storm and he scared the shit out of all us so NONE of the grandkids will get near a phone during a storm, lol.

                                                                  After living through a tornado in college, I also won't own a house w/o a basement. Even though I don't think there's ever been any record of a tornado up here in the mountains, I still herd everyone into the basement if there's a watch. I moved from "Tornado Alley" in Cobb County GA and I remember dragging the lady who used to come in and cook for me down to the basement with the dogs and the cat when the sirens went off one day
                                                                  There's a thunderboomer going on here right now. :D

                                                                  So the computer is okay basically (mine isn't connected to the phone line, but I do have cable modem). The thing I've always avoided is taking a shower during lightning storms. But I find it hard to quit what I'm doing on the computer usually, because usually I have 10 or 15 programs and various windows open.
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                                                                    • SarahLLO
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                                                                      #18
                                                                      Originally posted by StuartD
                                                                      Unfortunately I have no choice... we've had thunderstorms here almost constantly for 4 or 5 weeks now. I've lost track at this point.
                                                                      We get a day or two sometimes of peace but for the most part, it's been a very consistent weather system around here.
                                                                      Same. It's been hot, humid, and thunderstormy for a few weeks now. Nasty weather.
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                                                                        • CDSmith
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                                                                          • May 2001
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                                                                          #19
                                                                          Originally posted by Imortyl Pussycat
                                                                          i get in my bed, go under my covers and cry. so i guess i'm safe
                                                                          Cry? You just need some healthy distraction.


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                                                                            • CurrentlySober
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                                                                              • Aug 2002
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                                                                              #20
                                                                              I run outside into the storm naked and masterbate to the sound of the thunder in the air !
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                                                                                • baddog
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                                                                                  • Apr 2001
                                                                                  • 107089
                                                                                  #21
                                                                                  goodgirl used to fry more stuff than a short order cook where she used to live.

                                                                                  When we get lightning here I use it as an excuse to take a break.

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                                                                                    • Imortyl Pussycat
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                                                                                      • Apr 2006
                                                                                      • 5449
                                                                                      #22
                                                                                      Originally posted by CDSmith
                                                                                      Cry? You just need some healthy distraction.



                                                                                      hahaha, haven't had anyone try and distract me that way yet. it would probably work since i go into some other zone during sex. thanks for the idea i grew up in the mountains so that is why i get so scared. same stories peaches heard and they were all true.
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                                                                                        • kipyota
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                                                                                            • CDSmith
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                                                                                              • May 2001
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                                                                                              #24
                                                                                              Originally posted by Imortyl Pussycat
                                                                                              hahaha, haven't had anyone try and distract me that way yet. it would probably work since i go into some other zone during sex. thanks for the idea i grew up in the mountains so that is why i get so scared. same stories peaches heard and they were all true.
                                                                                              I think it makes a difference when you live inside a city where there are hundreds and sometimes thousands of structures that are taller than your house. The likelyhood of your exact house getting nailed by lightning is pretty small in that sense, as opposed to living in the country or up in higher elevations.

                                                                                              It's been thunderbooming here for the past 3 hours now, I haven't left the computer.

                                                                                              I need some healthy distraction, obviously. :D
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                                                                                                • Yngwie
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                                                                                                  • May 2003
                                                                                                  • 11118
                                                                                                  #25
                                                                                                  I stay at my computer while being on the phone with a headset on. I don't worry about very much these days.
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                                                                                                    • Yngwie
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                                                                                                      • May 2003
                                                                                                      • 11118
                                                                                                      #26
                                                                                                      Originally posted by CDSmith
                                                                                                      What if it's a cordless phone? :D

                                                                                                      if it's a cordless phone you have nothing to worry about. The base will get fried, but that's about it. Unless you're right next to the base when lightning hit than you're all good. A corded phone is very different since you're badically holing what's getting struck by lightning. haha ZAP!
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                                                                                                        • CDSmith
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                                                                                                          #27
                                                                                                          Originally posted by Yngwie
                                                                                                          if it's a cordless phone you have nothing to worry about.
                                                                                                          That's what I thought.
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                                                                                                            • nosey
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                                                                                                                • Spunky
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                                                                                                                  • Jun 2002
                                                                                                                  • 133978
                                                                                                                  #29
                                                                                                                  Originally posted by tranza
                                                                                                                  And yet, another very important post brought to you by CDSmith.

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                                                                                                                    • Spunky
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                                                                                                                      • Jun 2002
                                                                                                                      • 133978
                                                                                                                      #30
                                                                                                                      I'll continue to work away.apparently I have insurance with my surge protectors and I'm itching to see how it works if it does happen

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                                                                                                                        • SuzzyQ
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                                                                                                                          • Dec 2006
                                                                                                                          • 1557
                                                                                                                          #31
                                                                                                                          My (dopey) husband heads to the shore with his camera... I have to admit, he does take nice pics though.



                                                                                                                          One of these days hes going to get fried. Maybe I should increase his insurance policy.

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                                                                                                                            • CDSmith
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                                                                                                                              • May 2001
                                                                                                                              • 51460
                                                                                                                              #32
                                                                                                                              Originally posted by SuzzyQ
                                                                                                                              My (dopey) husband heads to the shore with his camera... I have to admit, he does take nice pics though.
                                                                                                                              That he does.

                                                                                                                              Originally posted by SuzzyQ
                                                                                                                              One of these days hes going to get fried. Maybe I should increase his insurance policy.
                                                                                                                              Maybe? I'd get right on that if I were you.
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                                                                                                                                • Peaches
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                                                                                                                                  • Oct 2002
                                                                                                                                  • 13933
                                                                                                                                  #33
                                                                                                                                  Originally posted by CDSmith
                                                                                                                                  I think it makes a difference when you live inside a city where there are hundreds and sometimes thousands of structures that are taller than your house. The likelyhood of your exact house getting nailed by lightning is pretty small in that sense, as opposed to living in the country or up in higher elevations.
                                                                                                                                  Just last night a house in one of the ATL burbs got hit through a tree next to it. The lightening traveled down the tree through a gas line:

                                                                                                                                  http://www.wsbtv.com/news/16735635/detail.html

                                                                                                                                  YOU'RE NEVER SAFE!!

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                                                                                                                                    • baddog
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                                                                                                                                      • Apr 2001
                                                                                                                                      • 107089
                                                                                                                                      #34
                                                                                                                                      Originally posted by SuzzyQ
                                                                                                                                      My (dopey) husband heads to the shore with his camera... I have to admit, he does take nice pics though.



                                                                                                                                      One of these days hes going to get fried. Maybe I should increase his insurance policy.
                                                                                                                                      I have yet to be able to catch lightning on film. Any tips, besides moving somewhere that has more than we get in LA.

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                                                                                                                                        • CDSmith
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                                                                                                                                          • May 2001
                                                                                                                                          • 51460
                                                                                                                                          #35
                                                                                                                                          Originally posted by Peaches
                                                                                                                                          Just last night a house in one of the ATL burbs got hit through a tree next to it. The lightening traveled down the tree through a gas line:

                                                                                                                                          http://www.wsbtv.com/news/16735635/detail.html

                                                                                                                                          YOU'RE NEVER SAFE!!
                                                                                                                                          Agreed, but in truth I wasn't suggesting otherwise, only that it is less likely.

                                                                                                                                          Never said it can't happen.
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                                                                                                                                            • CDSmith
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                                                                                                                                              #36
                                                                                                                                              Originally posted by baddog
                                                                                                                                              I have yet to be able to catch lightning on film. Any tips, besides moving somewhere that has more than we get in LA.
                                                                                                                                              Timed exposure.

                                                                                                                                              http://www.cimms.ou.edu/~doswell/ltgph.html
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                                                                                                                                                • uno
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                                                                                                                                                  #37
                                                                                                                                                  Originally posted by PR_Tom
                                                                                                                                                  Good sense, Peaches. Phone use is the leading cause of indoor lightning injuries in the United States.
                                                                                                                                                  Don't you people have portable phones?
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                                                                                                                                                    • crockett
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                                                                                                                                                      • May 2003
                                                                                                                                                      • 76818
                                                                                                                                                      #38
                                                                                                                                                      I don't because I'm in a big building and it's grounded well. The electric shock would never get to me because it wouldn't get past the several grounds. However if it's really popping lighting close by I'll usually un plug the computer.


                                                                                                                                                      I will say lighting is nothing to play with. Back before I did websites online I used to install high speed internet. One day I had 1 last job to get done before a storm hit. It was miles off in the distance I'd say at least a min of 5 to 8 miles away.

                                                                                                                                                      I climbed up on the telephone poll to hook up the line, just as I was hooking it up, I saw lighting hit at least 3 to 5 miles away then a big ass bang from it and the electricity actually traveled through the line and I got zapped by it. I actually saw a fucking arch of electricity come off the main line to my hand.

                                                                                                                                                      Was some scary shit and the hit was at least 3 to 5 miles from where I was at. I was amazed at how fast it traved through the lines because I saw the actual hit and I was shocked by it about the same time I heard the boom from the thunder. Guess that's the speed of light..
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                                                                                                                                                        • SilentKnight
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                                                                                                                                                          • Oct 2005
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                                                                                                                                                          #39
                                                                                                                                                          Originally posted by PR_Tom

                                                                                                                                                          They also say (from survivors accounts) that right before you get struck, you may feel the sensation of your hair standing on end.. so if you feel that, drop flat and pray.
                                                                                                                                                          That's *IF* you have the cognitive ability to make a conscious decision within a 1/1000th of a micro-second before the big jolt fries your ass.

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                                                                                                                                                            • CDSmith
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                                                                                                                                                              • May 2001
                                                                                                                                                              • 51460
                                                                                                                                                              #40
                                                                                                                                                              Originally posted by crockett
                                                                                                                                                              I don't because I'm in a big building and it's grounded well. The electric shock would never get to me because it wouldn't get past the several grounds. However if it's really popping lighting close by I'll usually un plug the computer.


                                                                                                                                                              I will say lighting is nothing to play with. Back before I did websites online I used to install high speed internet. One day I had 1 last job to get done before a storm hit. It was miles off in the distance I'd say at least a min of 5 to 8 miles away.

                                                                                                                                                              I climbed up on the telephone poll to hook up the line, just as I was hooking it up, I saw lighting hit at least 3 to 5 miles away then a big ass bang from it and the electricity actually traveled through the line and I got zapped by it. I actually saw a fucking arch of electricity come off the main line to my hand.

                                                                                                                                                              Was some scary shit and the hit was at least 3 to 5 miles from where I was at. I was amazed at how fast it traved through the lines because I saw the actual hit and I was shocked by it about the same time I heard the boom from the thunder. Guess that's the speed of light..
                                                                                                                                                              Great story. It's lucky you weren't knocked flying right off that pole. How high up off the ground were you again? :D



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                                                                                                                                                                • Bojangles
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                                                                                                                                                                  #41
                                                                                                                                                                  Thunderstorm W/ Lightning going on outside right now. You see where I am.

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                                                                                                                                                                    • Peaches
                                                                                                                                                                      Old broad
                                                                                                                                                                      • Oct 2002
                                                                                                                                                                      • 13933
                                                                                                                                                                      #42
                                                                                                                                                                      My aunt and uncle built a house on my grandfather's ranch in the early 70's. We used to spend a lot of weekends up there when it was being built. It was on one of the highest spots of land and was almost entirely windows because the view was so incredible.

                                                                                                                                                                      Anyhoo, one weekend we were there and there was a huge lightning storm. A strike hit the house and we saw sparks fly out of all the electrical sockets. After they repaired all that, they put up a lightning rod ;)

                                                                                                                                                                      The house we lived in Savannah had some sort of weird lightning attractor in the back yard. We had 3 strikes there in the 18 months we lived in it. Once it wrapped around a tree and the tree was on fire just in the circular motion for about 5 minutes, once the same thing happened as at my aunt and uncle's - the sparks came through the sockets, and once we just watched as it hit directly in the backyard and left a burn mark.

                                                                                                                                                                      I'm not scared of much, but I have mucho respect for Mother Nature.

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                                                                                                                                                                        • CDSmith
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                                                                                                                                                                          • May 2001
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                                                                                                                                                                          #43
                                                                                                                                                                          Thankfully, Peachy, I have not had lightning ever hit that close to me, ever. It's hit close, like in my neighborhood a few times, knocked out the power for a while, but that's it.

                                                                                                                                                                          It think if it hit my house and sparks flew out of all of my electrical sockets I would shit myself.

                                                                                                                                                                          Then swear like a pissed-off sailor who just discovered he forgot his wallet on shore leave on half price hooker night.
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                                                                                                                                                                            • baddog
                                                                                                                                                                              So Fucking Banned
                                                                                                                                                                              • Apr 2001
                                                                                                                                                                              • 107089
                                                                                                                                                                              #44
                                                                                                                                                                              Originally posted by crockett
                                                                                                                                                                              I don't because I'm in a big building and it's grounded well. The electric shock would never get to me because it wouldn't get past the several grounds. However if it's really popping lighting close by I'll usually un plug the computer.
                                                                                                                                                                              You are kidding yourself.

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                                                                                                                                                                                • CDSmith
                                                                                                                                                                                  Too lazy to set a custom title
                                                                                                                                                                                  • May 2001
                                                                                                                                                                                  • 51460
                                                                                                                                                                                  #45
                                                                                                                                                                                  Any more good lightning stories?

                                                                                                                                                                                  Been some good thunderboomers around the country this summer already.
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                                                                                                                                                                                    • Overload
                                                                                                                                                                                      Confirmed User
                                                                                                                                                                                      • Jul 2005
                                                                                                                                                                                      • 3185
                                                                                                                                                                                      #46
                                                                                                                                                                                      out there ... eager to see the lightnings hehe
                                                                                                                                                                                      There aren't enough faces and palms on this planet for an appropriate reaction to religion.

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                                                                                                                                                                                        • Agent 488
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                                                                                                                                                                                          • Feb 2006
                                                                                                                                                                                          • 22511
                                                                                                                                                                                          #47
                                                                                                                                                                                          thunderboomer right now.

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                                                                                                                                                                                            • Yngwie
                                                                                                                                                                                              I am an Alien from space
                                                                                                                                                                                              • May 2003
                                                                                                                                                                                              • 11118
                                                                                                                                                                                              #48
                                                                                                                                                                                              Originally posted by CDSmith
                                                                                                                                                                                              What if it's a cordless phone? :D
                                                                                                                                                                                              you'd be fine on a cordless, but the base will be fried.
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                                                                                                                                                                                                • PornStarToys
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                                                                                                                                                                                                  • Jul 2011
                                                                                                                                                                                                  • 581
                                                                                                                                                                                                  #49
                                                                                                                                                                                                  I live in So Cal. All I get is a heavy marine layer at times. It's pretty frightening.
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                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Chosen
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                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Aug 2001
                                                                                                                                                                                                      • 63151
                                                                                                                                                                                                      #50
                                                                                                                                                                                                      Originally posted by CDSmith
                                                                                                                                                                                                      ... do you continue to sit at the computer?


                                                                                                                                                                                                      http://www.lightningsafety.com/nlsi_pls/lst.html
                                                                                                                                                                                                      When there's a lightning I use my laptop powered by a battery and mobile internet with 3g modem

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