Re: Is it safe to use computer during lightning/thunder storm?

From: Code Developer (codedeveloper2002removethisbit_at_yahoo.co.uk)
Date: 09/21/04 

Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2004 14:26:08 +0100

"nospam256K" <nospam256k@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:24a23015.0409201837.1b40dbcd@posting.google.com...

>
> Does all this sound sensible to you, or am I being
> overly/unneccesarily cautious?

No, very sensible!

About a year ago, we had a thunder storm where a bolt of lightening actually
struck our back garden. The PC in the office was protected by a UPS /
filter, but the DSL connection through the phone line and the external
modem/router weren't protected. The lightening fried the modem and the
network card in the PC! Fortunately the rest of the PC was ok.

Now, the PC is protected by a UPS, and the modem/router's phone connection
is filtered through a surge protection device.

Regards,
Shaun.

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