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Old 10-23-2015, 08:52 AM
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cathyvv
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Nope. I don't even like to be on the phone during a thunder storm. About 20 years ago, when I was working in customer care for a well known company, a co-worker was on the phone during a thunder storm, just doing her job, when suddenly she quite literally was blown out of her chair. Lightning hit something and found it's way out through her phone and through her, and the chair she was sitting in. She or the chair must have been was grounded, maybe by the soles of her shoes, or perhaps the carpeting on the floor was rubberized. She was ok, no permanent damage. The phone wasn't as lucky.

I disconnect my sewing machines from the electricity so they will not be damaged by a power surge during a storm.
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