Keeping your computer safe during storm season.
Written on 4/12/2009 05:28:00 PM by Marc Crow
You always hear to not use your land line telephone or take a shower/bath during lightning storms. A lightning strike could travel through your phone lines or water pipes or even electrical lines and be fatal.
The same goes for your computer. The phone line and power cord are conduits for electrical surges to fry your computer. You may have a surge strip on your computer, but those are not always reliable.
A lot of people make the mistake of thinking that if they just turn off their computer, it will be safe. And those that think to unplug the computer often forget about the phone line or cable connection that is connected to their computer through either the dial-up modem or their high speed internet modem.
My advice would be to unplug the power cord from any electrical device that you don't want to have to replace. Make sure you unplug your phone line from your computer or DSL modem, and the cable connection to your cable modem and TV.
