If your on a cordless phone during a lightning storm could you get struck?

Question

like away from windows and stuff

ive always wondered

Answer 1

Yes, but it has nothing to do with the cordless phone. Getting hit is just as possible as if you were not holding a phone. Whether or not you could get hit has nothing to do with wires, or being near the window.

If there's an electrical storm near you can be struck by lightning. The voltages generated are so large and so unpredictable that no amount protection from lightning rods or aluminum foil can guarantee you won't be hit.

Now if you're asking about how likely it is that you'd be hit, well that's another question.

Answer 2

no, there is no extra danger from a cordless phone.

Answer 3

Unless u had a large whip antenna. If u where standing in a treeless  paddock and u where the highest object u are more lickley to get struck!

Answer 4

No!

Answer 5

You will reduce your risk of injury from by not using any phone during a thunderstorm. However, cordless phones and cell phones are safer than corded models – as long as you are standing well away from the base. The main thing is to avoid coming into contact with wiring or plumbing, but there are a few reports of people being injured inside their home while not touching anything but the chair in which they were sitting.