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In article <6ddprq$qui$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com>, sharmakdeep@hotmail.com
writes
>Hi All,
>
>I have a strange (as to my friends) phobia for thunderstorms and the
>associated lightning. Whenever I get to know that there's going to be a
>thunderstorm in our vicinity, I start feeling nervous, but my friends and even
>my wife take everything very lightly.
Ah yes other people do, wives especially...but show them a mouse or a
spider and the're on the table screaming in no time.
> What I feel is that the lightning would
>come into the wirings of my apartment house and jump on me. I watch the
>weather bulletins religiously and I remember during last summer I did not
>sleep for the entire night when I heard a loud clap of thunder at about 1
>a.m. as if it was next to my house.
Well you have a house insurance policy...just unplug what you can (Not
the freezer!)
> Strangely enough, I am more scared of
>lightning than tornadoes. If, somebody could assure me that if one could stay
>away from telephones, unplug the tv and cable, stay away from electrical
>outlets (he/she is fairly safe enough from indoor lightning, I could get some
>peaceful sleep. I am already worried about the oncoming spring weather due to
>the same. Pls advice or suggest something.
Take an interest in them, learn how they work, measure the rainfall from
them.  Read about them, get aquainted with them.
Do not avoid them.
However lightning will always strike at the highest point...if your in
the sea then it's your head.  If you are out in the open leg it to a car
(which is totally safe) - not a tree!!
But honestly study them, make notes on their movement, measure the size
of the hail, learn how they form.
You are almost completely safe in a house unless you hold the TV ariel
in your teeth.
Lots of people have this phobia, just learn to expose yourself a bit
more to them by learning and observing.
And please report what you see back to this newsgroup, we need reports
of movenent, estimated gusts, hail size and all that.  So please come
back with some reports.
Cheers
Paul

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