Do you plug off your TV/Computer cable when there's storm? ? / myLot

Indonesia

March 2, 2023 1:54am CST

I do. My computer and my air conditioner ever got strike by storm about few years ago. It gave me a lesson to be more careful. I also turn off my cellphone just in case the storm will hit it.. Have your electronic get hit by thunder/storm?

23 people like this

26 responses

Icydoll

@Icydoll (36717)

• India

2 Mar 23

That's a first thing one need to do , my dad always says to do it .

6 people like this

Ifamous

@ifa225 (14461)

• Indonesia

2 Mar 23

I got panic when suddenly storm hit, I will told all the family member to do that. You don't know how panic I am

5 people like this

Ifamous

@ifa225 (14461)

• Indonesia

2 Mar 23

@Icydoll my heart is beating so fast and pounding to hear the storm... But I don't feel like I am falling in love

5 people like this

Icydoll

@Icydoll (36717)

• India

2 Mar 23

@ifa225 it makes us panic , i can understand. My father is very careful in such things. He plugs off even phone from charging when power outage suddenly

3 people like this

Show more comments

@DaddyEvil (137257)

• United States

2 Mar 23

Years and years ago my first desktop got hit by lightning... Since then I plug everything into shielded/grounded electrical outlets. If your cellphone isn't plugged in, then it doesn't need to be shut off. It doesn't have enough charge to draw a lightning bolt... unless you stand on a high hill and raise your phone above your head and hold it there...

4 people like this

Ifamous

@ifa225 (14461)

• Indonesia

2 Mar 23

'unless you stand on a high hill and raise your phone above your head and hold it there...' I don't think I will do that

2 people like this

@DaddyEvil (137257)

• United States

2 Mar 23

@ifa225

I was really hoping you wouldn't do that.

2 people like this

Ifamous

@ifa225 (14461)

• Indonesia

2 Mar 23

@DaddyEvil you remind me to not do that

But is there any case that someone hit by storm when s/he used a phone during stormy day?

2 people like this

Show more comments

Judy Story

@jstory07 (139697)

• Roseburg, Oregon

2 Mar 23

Yes that is the first thing that I do.

3 people like this

Ifamous

@ifa225 (14461)

• Indonesia

2 Mar 23

Same here, I don't want to lose any electronic stuff anymore

2 people like this

rakski

@rakski (122901)

• Philippines

2 Mar 23

It depends on the severity of the storm. Sometimes we do not need to, but if the storm is really severe, there are times that we have power outage

3 people like this

show previous comments

Ifamous

@ifa225 (14461)

• Indonesia

3 Mar 23

@rakski hope you are safe there

1 person likes this

Ifamous

@ifa225 (14461)

• Indonesia

2 Mar 23

Yes, true. There was a night with storm like we were having a shook, that time I just plug off every electronic in my home

4 people like this

rakski

@rakski (122901)

• Philippines

2 Mar 23

@ifa225 good for you

1 person likes this

Show more comments

MasGion

@MasGion (1832)

• Malang, Indonesia

2 Mar 23

I do same thing for TV using antenna. But is it also for cable TV? I don't really understand

2 people like this

Ifamous

@ifa225 (14461)

• Indonesia

2 Mar 23

My neighbor ever get first Media installed for her cable TV, my neighbor's TV got hit too. You gotta be careful, just in case you know..

2 people like this

Ifamous

@ifa225 (14461)

• Indonesia

2 Mar 23

@MasGion I was using first Media too about two years ago, and I got my computer hit because of it. So I stopped subscribe and using celular data only

1 person likes this

MasGion

@MasGion (1832)

• Malang, Indonesia

2 Mar 23

@ifa225 oh really, thanks. good information for me. how about wifi at home. it using cable also. I still playing my phone during thunder

1 person likes this

Show more comments

Meli

@astutimeliana723 (4638)

• Indonesia

2 Mar 23

My mother always scolded me if I still played cellphone when there was lightning.

2 people like this

Ifamous

@ifa225 (14461)

• Indonesia

2 Mar 23

Yess.. Me too when I see my daughter doing that thing..

1 person likes this

Ifamous

@ifa225 (14461)

• Indonesia

2 Mar 23

@astutimeliana723 we do it for our kid's sake.. Poor mother

1 person likes this

Meli

@astutimeliana723 (4638)

• Indonesia

2 Mar 23

@ifa225

All Mother was same.

How about your Mother @Icydoll?

2 people like this

Show more comments

May2k8

@May2k8 (18359)

• Indonesia

3 Mar 23

If the ground on your mains is connected to the ground you don't need to unplug it which is connected to the mains because it can divert lightning.

1 person likes this

Ifamous

@ifa225 (14461)

• Indonesia

4 Mar 23

I had grounded it, but still it get hit.. I never experienced that kind of storm before. The earth below me felt shaking

1 person likes this

Ifamous

@ifa225 (14461)

• Indonesia

5 Mar 23

@May2k8 oh I see.. It seems you know a lot about this

1 person likes this

May2k8

@May2k8 (18359)

• Indonesia

4 Mar 23

@ifa225 Some electronics such as televisions, I think, are not connected to the ground and also for cell phone chargers, so they target those with high electromagnetic waves. Generally new technology can counteract lightning up to 10kWh.

1 person likes this

Show more comments

Sanjeev

@sjvg1976 (41281)

• Delhi, India

4 Mar 23

No, I have not done that ever.

1 person likes this

Ifamous

@ifa225 (14461)

• Indonesia

4 Mar 23

That is awesome. I never experience it since three years ago, I think. The storm get bigger and wilder these days

1 person likes this

Ifamous

@ifa225 (14461)

• Indonesia

4 Mar 23

@sjvg1976 nice place you get there

1 person likes this

Sanjeev

@sjvg1976 (41281)

• Delhi, India

4 Mar 23

@ifa225 we don't experience frequent storms here.

1 person likes this

Show more comments

Bojel

@jobelbojel (35574)

• Philippines

3 Jun

That's what the parents told us. Unplug TV if there's a storm.

1 person likes this

Ifamous

@ifa225 (14461)

• Indonesia

4 Jun

Great parents

. They have more experience than us. Listen to them and we will be safe

1 person likes this

Ifamous

@ifa225 (14461)

• Indonesia

7 Jun

@jobelbojel but you know... Sometimes stuff need to be broken so we can get a new one

1 person likes this

Bojel

@jobelbojel (35574)

• Philippines

6 Jun

@ifa225 Yes. We don't want our stuff destroyed by our innocence.

1 person likes this

Show more comments

Anna

@LadyDuck (471500)

• Switzerland

2 Mar 23

We have surge protector devices, our electronic devices do not risk, we do not need to unplug.

1 person likes this

Ifamous

@ifa225 (14461)

• Indonesia

3 Mar 23

Sounds like that surge protector do its job so well. I don't have it here

1 person likes this

Ifamous

@ifa225 (14461)

• Indonesia

4 Mar 23

@LadyDuck I am sure it will, many have proven it

1 person likes this

Anna

@LadyDuck (471500)

• Switzerland

3 Mar 23

@ifa225 Those protectors do a great job.

1 person likes this

Show more comments

DianneN

@DianneN (247186)

• United States

5 Mar 23

That never happened to us, but if a big storm is coming, we do unplug a lot of things.

1 person likes this

Ifamous

@ifa225 (14461)

• Indonesia

5 Mar 23

Yes, better be safe than sorry. Having an electronic stuff damaged because of lightning is not fun

1 person likes this

Ifamous

@ifa225 (14461)

• Indonesia

5 Mar 23

@DianneN

1 person likes this

DianneN

@DianneN (247186)

• United States

5 Mar 23

@ifa225 I agree and very expensive to replace.

1 person likes this

Show more comments

Thelma

@thelme55 (77061)

• Germany

7 Mar 23

No, we don’t. We have surge protector devices here in Germany but when I was in the Philippines, my father unplugged our electric appliances when there was a storm.

1 person likes this

Ifamous

@ifa225 (14461)

• Indonesia

9 Mar 23

I think surge protector is not a common things in Asia. We only put part of electronic's cable in the ground. But not with the lamps. That way, lightning often strikes the lamps here

1 person likes this

Ifamous

@ifa225 (14461)

• Indonesia

12 Mar 23

@thelme55 you too

1 person likes this

Thelma

@thelme55 (77061)

• Germany

11 Mar 23

@ifa225 I think so. Have a nice weekend.

1 person likes this

Show more comments

jaishankar

@Shivram59 (35468)

• India

3 Mar 23

@Ifa225 Yes;it is very necessary .I do it when the weather gets stormy.

1 person likes this

Ifamous

@ifa225 (14461)

• Indonesia

3 Mar 23

I even read in the news that some people die because of the thunder strikes

1 person likes this

Ifamous

@ifa225 (14461)

• Indonesia

4 Mar 23

@Shivram59

that was a lot. Better to stay at home in stormy day

1 person likes this

jaishankar

@Shivram59 (35468)

• India

4 Mar 23

@ifa225 That's the safest.But if;due to some reasons;you are out of home;then never stay under a tree or in water in a pond or river.These are the places where you are most vulnerable to lightning strike.

1 person likes this

Show more comments

Jude

@Jude07 (167)

•

10 Mar 23

Yes, I always do that when trehe's storm.

1 person likes this

show previous comments

Ifamous

@ifa225 (14461)

• Indonesia

10 Mar 23

@Jude07 that is nice, parents always know what the best

1 person likes this

Ifamous

@ifa225 (14461)

• Indonesia

10 Mar 23

Have your electronic stuff get hit by storm?

1 person likes this

Jude

@Jude07 (167)

•

10 Mar 23

I'm lucky I never experienced that. But when I was a kid my parent always told me to tunr off my electronic stuff when storm is coming. So know I always do that.

1 person likes this

Show more comments