Cingular cell phone service - Re: Mobile phone risk during storms

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Re: Mobile phone risk during storms

Scott

2006-06-29, 7:33 am

"John Navas" < spamfilter0@navasgro
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> <http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/5106510.stm>
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> Next time you find yourself talking on your mobile phone in the
> middle of a thunderstorm you may want to cut the conversation short.
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> UK doctors have warned of the danger of lightning strikes when using
> mobile phones outdoors during stormy weather.
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> In the British Medical Journal, they highlight the case of a
> teenager left with severe injuries after being struck by lightning
> when talking on her phone.
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> The metal in the phone directs the current into the body, they say.
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