[muglo] Re: Dashboard Warning !
- From: Theresa Roth <theresaroth@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: MUGLO <muglo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 01 Jun 2006 09:13:53 -0400
Theresa writes:
I live in the country. Two years ago, a lightning strike fried my son¹s
computer, one TV, the cordless phone and the water heater.
This year, a few months ago (in a different house), lightning fired my
one-year old TV and the modem. So now I unplug everything form my computer!
> Exactly! All connections that go off the machine would have to be
> disconnected. Power cables, modem cables, network cables, USB,
> Firewire, everything! And it is best to move the equipment, power
> cords, etc a few feet away from any outlet. Lightning can easily
> jump from an outlet to a cord on the floor.
> Of course, with full backups available, UPS's on every machine (and
> the home entertainment system!), and good insurance coverage, I don't
> bother with any of that.
>
> Dave
>
> On 1-Jun-06, at 07:33, Theresa Roth wrote:
>
>> > Theresa writes:
>> > Would a storm ?potentially? affect a running CPU in the same manner
>> > as it
>> > would one that is turned off? I would think the physical path for
>> > lightning
>> > would still exist in the cabling therefore actually unplugging the
>> > CPU would
>> > be necessary.
>
>
> _________________________________________________
>
> For information concerning the MUGLO List just click on
>
> http://www.freewebs.com/muglo/joinus.html
>
> Our Archives can be viewed at
>
> //www.freelists.org/archives/muglo
>
> Don't forget to periodically check our web site at:
>
> http://www.freewebs.com/muglo/
_________________________________________________
For information concerning the MUGLO List just click on
http://www.freewebs.com/muglo/joinus.html
Our Archives can be viewed at
//www.freelists.org/archives/muglo
Don't forget to periodically check our web site at:
http://www.freewebs.com/muglo/
Other related posts:
