Where is the safest spot in the house during a lightening storm?
598227
the cellar on top of a wooden box.
181250
The light will be on/off
481545
I love the way the air smells just as the rain starts and how the sky gets dark and ominous looking. The bright flashes of lightning are more brilliant and entertaining than any fireworks display. The trees sway in the wind as if bowing and giving homage to a force that is stronger and older then they are. The thunder booms as if trying to get our attention to direct to the phenomenal display nature is putting on. And in the midst of all this chaos, there is a kind of calm. A deep abiding calm which says this is out of my hands. There is nothing I can do about this so I might as well settle back and enjoy it. The storm without sooths the storm raging within. Man am I ever long winded.
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
111290
In a dark cool area, I store mine in the closet which is in the inner most corner of my house, it's pretty cool in there.\nJust keep it out of extreme temperature swings and light.
304804
I'm in Hampton Roads, VA and we're having one of those gorgeous Spring thunderstorms.  My apartment complex is real junk so none of the gutters work very well and water is overflowing and shooting everywhere.  Of course all the trees are a really nice soft green color, I think because we had a unfortunately mild Winter.  It's so dark, but the lightning is hard to see through all this rain; however, there's some really excellent thunder.
362774
the internet carriers will tell you lightning could fry your modem. personally it's worth the cost of a new one to save the inconvenience of turning everything off during a storm, for all the likelihood that lightning will strike my house.\n\nsigh hope i didn't jinx myself.....
488816
niether.. a lightening rod is actually a good conductor with plenty of sharp ends or spikes. when a charged cloud(assumed negative) comes near the arrestor, opposite charges are induced in the spikes. these ionise the air in the vicinity which in turn neutralises the cloud. this reduces the potential of the cloud. the negative charge (transferred from the air to the rod) are passed to the ground by connecting wires. thus lightening is prevented by the arrestor.
623942
Do it in the basement.  Or storm cellar.
231220
Enclose your entire house in weather wrap. That should keep the weather away.
436528
Don't seek shelter under a tree!  The tallest thing in the area is most likely to get struck by lighting.  You go running for shelter under a tree and you're more likely to get struck!  Kneeling down, bending forward and putting your hands on your kness sounds like it would be less likely to be a conductor.  I'd try it.  Thanks for keeping me informed!  :)
972518
1.  Don't be the tallest object or stand near one that is.\n2.  Stay out and away from water\n3.  Stay away and do not touch any metal objects.\n4.  If you see lighting, but do not hear thunder you can still be struck.  Lightning can travel 15 miles in clear skies.\n5.  Indoors, stay away from windows and away from water pipes.\n6. Do not use the telephone in an electrical storm.
863382
Yes, put a lightening rod on your barn, home, or skyscraper.  When the lightening bolt strikes, there will be an electric current of MANY amps from the top of the lightening rod to the earth where it's grounded.  At some point in the circuit, put a metallic conductor parallel to the lightening rod.   By Faraday's Law, a voltage will be induced in your conductor.  Discharge this into a capacitor (possibly a very LARGE one) and you have stored the energy. \nThere are some serious problems with heat melting the conductors, safety, etc, but those are engineering problems.
684460
Ben Franklin--Go fly a kite in a lightning storm and attach a key. It is  sure to be en-lightning..lol
583893
Yeah! I love em. I'm a weather freak. I'll stand outside until it starts hailing hard or I'm gonna get struck by lightning. But if they're at night when I'm trying to sleep, and I can't see much, it's not so fun. Especially if hail is hitting your window with 60 mph wind gusts. when I get out on my own, I wanna be a storm spotter
720054
I'm in Oklahoma, too, so I feel your pain!  Always unplug your computer system from the wall during storms, do NOT rely on a surge protector.  Also, unplug the phone line from your DSL modem.  Electricity can flow through the phone lines and kill your modem, lost mine a month ago because I forgot to unplug it.  Be sure to remove the DSL line from the back of your computer as well.  Better safe than sorry, and better paranoid than regretful!
893111
no it is not harmfull however if lightning stikes at your house or a neighbours your electricity will surge therefore damaging everything that is pluged into an electrical socket. \n\nit is not harmful if nothing near you gets struck by lightning!