Cellphone users shouldn’t talk during a storm
Believe it or not, several people have been struck by lightning around the world, while talking on their cell phone. A few countries are now recommending that people do not talk on their phones outside during a lightning storm.
Many people do not realize that their cellphone is a metalic object. Also lightning will tend to go to a point, such as a cellphone antenna. When lightning strikes a cellphone it disrupts the effect known as a flashover. This is a phenomena where the electricity passes around the body and does less damage. However, holding a metalic object or cell phone disrupts the flash over effect and allows all that magnificent energy to target your internal organs.
Not to mention, its unwise to increase your odds of getting struck in the first place by talking on a live radio with an antenna in a lightning storm.
The following article gives some additonal information.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060623/tc_nm/telephones_dc_3
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