During Thunderstorm It Is Safe to Use Phone?
Using a Corded Telephone During a Thunderstorm Is Discouraged Because the Phone Is Physically Connected by Wires to the Outside. a Cellphone, However, Has No...
Using a corded telephone during a thunderstorm is discouraged because the phone is physically connected by wires to the outside. A cellphone, however, has no such physical connection and the electric current from a nearby lightning strike cannot reach it. It is perfectly safe to use a cellphone during a thunderstorm.
Can you use a mobile phone in a thunderstorm?
Following worldwide media interest in 2006 (BBC News and British Medical Journal ), the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) issued a statement, saying lightning is not attracted to people carrying mobile phones. “Cell phones, small metal items, jewellery, etc., do not attract lightning.
Do phones attract lightning?
“Cell phones, small metal items, jewelry, etc., do not attract lightning. Nothing attracts lightning. Lightning tends to strike taller objects,” said John Jensenius, a NOAA National Weather Service lightning expert. “People are struck because they are in the wrong place at the wrong time.
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