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Can you get electicuted iff.... [Help!]? you%26#039;re on the phone in the middle of a bad thunder and lightning storm??

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Only if you%26#039;re on a phone connected directly to the line by a cord and lightning strikes a phone line. Cordless phones are safe. 100% 1 Vote

That happened to my uncle about 15 years ago. He was on a land line phone and I guess the lighting came in on the phone wire. It knocked him to the floor but didn%26#039;t kill him. He was a little scrambled for a couple weeks but eventually seemed okay.

Jay Leno in his opening dialog referenced some people who were struck while on their cell phones. I don%26#039;t know if that%26#039;s possible but if the phone%26#039;s output ionizes the air around you, who knows. He was using it as joke material, the punch line being, %26quot;See, even God can%26#039;t stand people yakking on their cells%26quot;

My advice is to stay off land lines for sure, away from plumbing and all the other safety advice they give you. TV, my uncle%26#039;s story 0% 0 Votes
Improbable, but, not impossable. 0% 0 Votes

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