Is it more dangerous to talk on a corded or cordless phone during a storm?
350368
A corded phone is more dangerous because if lightning strikes the telephone wire outside, the electricity could travel through the telephone wire then to your telephone's cord which is attached to the part of the phone you are holding. Thus, the electric current travels right into you! However, with a cordless phone there is not a direct path to you when lightning strikes the telephone wire outside.\n\n(If your telephone wires are buried and not in the air, then you're OK either way. Also, there is a way to properly ground aerial wires to protect against lightning surges.)
461908
We are having bad storms tomorrow too so a few things I would do is make sure you have an area to hide, clean and ready, have shoes ready, and have a radio or t.v. ready to find out information...
172322
I AGREE with you, people would probably die if they couldn't talk on the phone while driving. VERY unsafe. They should have an automatic device that interfers with cell phone while driving if you use it. \n\nAnd THANK YOU SO MUCH for being nice about my detroit football question others see fit to be idiots, it's nice to know that there are nice intelligent people out there.
923031
very, i lost everything in my computer once because of lightning. if you're sure to unplug your computer whenever theres a storm coming, you should be alright
569138
interesting question! \n\nim originally from arizona where they have freak monsoon storms. they say in you car, away from the tv and windows. otherwise, i doesnt matter. if the lightning hits a tree and the tree hits the house... u r screwed regaurdless!!
935797
You don't "use" it, it's passive. If your computer is plugged into a power strip with a surge protector or has one of its own on its power cable, it's already active. Even so, it's a good idea to unplug your computer during severe storms.
804308
Yes and it can even be damaged by the fluctuations that are normally on the phone line itself. A computer, and a modem especially, is always subject to electrical damage from many sources, storms, normal spikes and outages and even from a spike in the amount of current on a phone line plugged into it. Surge strips for power and phone lines are a poor defense for these spikes but better than nothing. The cheapest protection is unplugging it. If you don't, you take your chances. Personally I don't worry that much about it, but it can and does happen. Your call Man!
1131556
Yes Because alot of accidents are casued by people talking on their cellphones
834947
Heavy snow,wind and ice are usually the main culprits for a power failure.\nIf you're moving to a remote area you could get a backup generator in case\nthe power goes down. No matter where you live you should always be\nprepared for most emergencies. Being snowed in for three days is not bad\nthe snow will help provide some insulation to help keep your house warm.\nThese days there is usually enough warning to prepare for any extreme\nweather. Seeing that you have small children candles aren't a good idea\ncamping lanterns are great  for  when you have no lights.
847790
use one of those canned air boat horns- they should hear it then\n\nhave you tried unplugging your phone (if its a land line)
55575
Not directly, they may be dangerous to your health if you suffer a car accident, because you answered your cell phone.
1181394
Depends on the purpose and the person.  \n\nFor a busy, working person with 4 kids, do not call to discuss the weather at 9pm or later. \nFor a college friend or laid-back person, do not call after 10pm.
424619
a good surge suppressor is what you need. Can you be sure to be home for every storm?
648006
Its said that cell phones.. When you're blabbing away on your cell phone, did you know that your voice is transmitted from the antenna as radio frequency radiation? In fact, your voice puts out about half as much radiation as a microwave. Too bad we can't cook up a meal simply by talking to it on our cell phone.\n\nIt shouldn't come as a surprise that with that much radiation flowing from your phone, there's a good chance it's going to soak into your brain and cause some kind of damage. Cell phone users are at risk for getting rare brain tumors. In fact, studies have found that the rare tumors happen on the same side of the head that people usually use to talk on their cell phones.\n\nMillions of people use their cell phone on a daily basis - America alone has about 123 million cell phone users. Are you one of them? If so, you are putting a high-powered transmitter against your head - about an inch away from your brain. So don't sound so shocked to hear that talking on your cell phone might cause some serious damage.
76100
911\nor scream Help and hopefully someone else will call if you can't\nR U OK? get out of your house or wherever u are right now first- make sure you are safe first!
678735
Sorry\nDo you mean 'can anyone listen into a cell phone conversation?'\nIf so, then no, they are not safe, they can listen in!
583119
It's perfectly alright to use the mobile phone during lightning, only during that duration you will hear cracking noise in your earpeice. don't worry about lightning in the sky but spread lightning smile to your caller's face through your smile!