After losing a laptop, garage door opener, TV, and several other lesser valued things to a lightning strike, no, I don't do any of those things during a thunder storm. Everything I can reach the plug for gets unplugged. Not sure I'd even trust a surge protector to stop the "surge" caused by a lightning strike. My sewing machine gets unplugged any time I am not using it. Living in south Alabama, we can have a thunder storm pop up in an instant during the summer. I unplug everything before I leave the house during the summer.