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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes and also I was taught to stay off land line telephones. My house was struck by lightning when I was little and it put the fear in my mom. When we had bad lightning storms she would turn off the lights, unplug the TV and other big electronics, and we'd sit in the dark until the storm was over. We'd go on the basement if it got really bad as a tree nearly crushed my brother's room once, too!

I miss my mom.[/quote]

Yes, there are a number of rare instances of electrical surges for one reason or another surging through water.  Same reason why you aren't supposed to leave any electrical devices (like hair dryers) plugged in near a bathtub or shower.

As for the telephone, if you have fiber optic phone service now (most of Verizon is fiber now) you can use the landline during a thunderstorm.  If that's the case, your phone is no longer getting power from the copper landline, but you have to plug your phone into external power.  Fiber does not pass power like copper did.[/quote]

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