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Re: [Phys-l] cell phone lightning hazard?

From: Chuck Britton <CVBritton@mac.com>
Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2006 11:12:45 -0400

I strongly suspect that this 'news' report is absolutely true (and damn near irrelevant yellow journalism)

Holding ANY piece of conductive material up-side your head during a thunderstorm will increase your chance of being struck by lightning.
I doubt that any thinking person can refute this claim.
But - scare tactics will always work on the great masses of people.

Bottomline - pure bullshit 'research', but perfectly true result.

Was someone paid big-bucks to reach this conclusion?
Or is someone trying to sell 'protection' or just trying to sell newspapers?

(Follow the Money - seems to still be relevant advice for many scenarios)

At 12:05 PM +0200 6/23/06, Mark Sylvester wrote:

News item yesterday: using a cell phone during a thunderstorm
increases risk of being struck by lightning.

Any thoughts about possible mechanism? Will a source of GHz
oscillations enhance ionization possibilities?

Follow-Ups:
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References:
- [Phys-l] NRC: "Surface Temperature Reconstructions for the Last 2, 000 Years"
  - From: John Denker <jsd@av8n.com>
- [Phys-l] cell phone lightning hazard?
  - From: Mark Sylvester <marklgsylvester@gmail.com>

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