Turning the computer off during a thunder storm

LOL i have a prower cord so when it thunder storms it dont brother my pc sorry to hear about your modem fried take care

I am with you. I always turn my computer off during a thunder store. Monsoon season in Arizona in the summertime, is really something. It's ironic, since AZ is in the desert. LOL It's nice o be back at home and away from those darned thunder storms.

I find this slightly funny you asked about the weather stations being online during a storm and when I read threw the replies on the first page not one person answered it.. The only thing i can say is they more than likely use the surge protectors, I have two on my computer one that is plugged into the wall and one that Plugs into that.. Rather or not will it fry my computer during a storm i don't know.. It never has sense i've had my computer either... However you are suppose to shut them down during storms. You know that too.. But I think the only way to actually protect them is to unplug everything... But for the weather stations I have no idea how they protect there's... So I can't answer that...

my hubby is a computer geek and says you should always turn off the computer during a thunder storm because the lightning could stike the phone line/computer line and fry your computer and he has seen that happen.

Nevertheless, you are not really Technically IT person. Answer to your question; might be the co. or corporate that running business still using all IT equipments during lightning because they don't dare to loss money. Well, because the installed lightning surge protector so that during lightning strive, there still can defend by not killing theirs properties. I Guess

Maybe most of buildings of weather stations are equiped with powerful lightning rod which are different with it on our roofs. So I usually turn off most of electric appliances.

i also turn off. i actually turn of my pcv when not in use. i think taht can save a lot of energy. also during thunder strome, it can cause problem if its switched ion.

It is probably a safe idea to turn it all off. When I was young and still living at home when a thunder storm was coming and was right on us, we turned and unplugged the tv, record players, radios, all but battery operated, and all appliances that were plugged in. It was better to be safe than sorry.

I have always turned things off during a bad lightening storm, I used to live in Texas where they were way more frequent. I not only turned off my computer, printer and power strip, I also unplugged tv's, microwaves, etc. I now have a laptop that I just make sure is unplugged from the charger. So if they are chatting by using a laptop there is much less chance that any damage will be done. I always kept a battery operated radio ready just in case too, to keep up with storm watches and warnings. For the most part I was out there in it, as I was a skywarn weather spotter for 4 years.

Most of the time we do this. It makes us feel better. Like nothing will happen to our system if it is off. Once in a while my hubby stays on anyhow. He says that is why he bought surge protectors. That may be why people stay on chatting with the news people. Good surge protection.

First, it's not enough to just turn everything off - you have to actually unplug it from the outlet. Radio/TV stations/etc have a box that sits inbetween their equipment and the power source that both protects them from a power surge and provides a back-up supply of power that gives them enough time to power off their equipment properly.

I turn my computer off also. I suppose with the weather casters they must have special electrical grounding devices in the events of storms.

Maybe with a surge protector. At least that was the excuse my husband used when he bought ours. We always trun off the main power strip at night (saves electricity) and during lighting stormes. My husband assures me that if we are not home when the storm starts the surge protector will stop it from being fried.

We have actually lost two computers on two seperate occasions because of lightning. My husband's work computer was the first to go in an unexpected storm. One day while I was away a storm came in quickly and as the lightning began, my daughter asked my husband if she should unplug the computer, but before he could get to it the entire thing was fried. To this day, I miss that computer with its multi-disk function. Have not found one like it since. Lost all of my photos on there as well. Now, we keep everything for the desktop computer plugged into a power strip and it is not only turned off, but unplugged from the wall. With my notebook, I may stay on a bit longer, but I will unplug the electrical cord from the back and the wall. This may not be very save either, but a friend told me that it would take a direct hit for it to be damaged. Don't know if he was kidding or serious.

well, my hubby is the one who always panic and unplugged all the electricity equipments whenever there is a thunderstorm... it is really scary to see our electrical equipments are being struck by thunderstorm and it is also very dangerous as they can catch fire... so it is better to be safe than sorry... take care and have a nice day...

I do disconnect the power cable and Internet cables connected to the PC.. During thunderstorms the probability of burning the IC's when connected to external supply is more. Why to unnecessary bury our cash.

Ya, I just have it all plugged into a power strip. Don't worry about it (imo).

i turn off too as the saying goes precaution is better than cure....

So do I.I am frightened to thunder storm. Usually,I will turn all my electric equipment off during thunder storm including the computer,television set,even my mobile phone.A friend once told me that once time he charged his mobile phone when there is a thunder,then his mobile phone not worked .SO I adviced that turn your electric equipment off during a thunder storm.

ye, it's necessary.the same as making a call with mobile telephone.