British Doctor of the Church warned cellphone users not to employ their handset alfresco during a electric storm , lest they be struck down by a bolt of lightning . bring up anecdotal evidence of a 15 - year - old girl using a cellphone when she was struck , along with three other calamitous cases of lightning attain cellphone talkers in China , South Korea and Malaysia , a interpreter for the doc conjure up up awe of the almighty ire of the lightning thunderbolt :
“ This rare phenomenon is a public health issue , and education is necessary to highlight the risk of using mobile headphone outdoors during tempestuous weather to preclude future fatal consequences from firing bang trauma . ”
Apparently any metal object , including a cellphone , that ’s in liaison with your cutis as you ’re struck by lightning disrupts what ’s known as a flashover , where you ’re saved because the electricity passes over your skin on its manner to the primer . So if you get a line hell dust , step away from the cellular phone , folks — there ’s a1 - in-83,930 chanceof being struck by lightning . However , be more afraid of the decease punishment , where your probability of being executed are 1 in 58,618 . But you could worry less about an asteroid shock , where you have only a 1 - in-200,000 fortune of an asteroid grinding you up into hamburger . Comforting thought .
Mobile phone users monish of lightning tap risk[Reuters ]
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