Re: Is it safe to use computer during lightning/thunder storm?
From: Ron Reaugh (rondashreaugh_at_att.net)
Date: 09/21/04
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Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2004 02:46:35 GMT
"nospam256K" <nospam256k@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Here in New York City (Manhattan) where I live, I usually use a laptop
> computer running on an AC adapter, and get online via a dial-up modem
> (phone line plugged into computer's built-in modem).
>
> When it's merely raining outside, it's usually of no concern to me.
> But when there's lightning or thunder, I quickly get offline, turn off
> the computer, and literally unplug the AC adapter from the outlet, and
> unplug the phone line from the computer.
Not dumb.
> This is done to avoid the possibility of the AC adapter or the modem
> suffering damage from a voltage spike carried through either the AC
> power line or the phone line (because of a lightning strike).
>
> Does all this sound sensible to you, or am I being
> overly/unneccesarily cautious?
I always do it too.
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