Can I make a phone call when it thunders and rains?

Try not to answer and call mobile phones, and avoid fixed telephones when they are struck by lightning. If you are in a building with lightning rods and electromagnetic shielding, you can use cordless phones or mobile phones indoors.

Compared with the normal situation, the use of fixed telephone in thunder really increases the risk of being struck by lightning, because the telephone line connects outdoor and indoor, and outdoor objects are more likely to be hit than indoor ones. If telecommunication equipment or objects around it are struck by lightning, telephone lines will set the caller on fire.

Electromagnetic waves emitted by mobile phones are good conductors of lightning. Especially in higher places, it faces the threat of direct lightning. In thunderstorm weather, people should turn off their mobile phones in time when they are outdoors without lightning protection facilities.

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Other indoor precautions in thunderstorm days.

1, close the doors and windows to prevent ball lightning from jumping indoors and causing injury.

2. Don't watch TV or surf the Internet. Unplug telephone lines, TV antennas, stereos, air conditioners and other power plugs that may cause indoor lightning strikes.

When it thunders, don't lean against the wall, doors and windows, or balcony. It's safest to sit in the middle of the room, but don't stay directly under the electric light, so as to avoid accidents caused by induced electricity when it thunders.

4, don't close to indoor metal equipment, such as heating pipes, water pipes, steel columns, etc. To prevent lightning current from entering the human body through them. Because lightning rods can only protect buildings, they can't do anything about lightning that invades from wires, telephone lines and metal pipes.

5. Don't wear wet clothes and slippers.

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