My mum used to cover up any mirrors whenever there was a rhunderstorm. I have always wondered if it is true that lightning is attracted ibside by a mirror.
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fisher,
May 22, 7:26am
nope... same as walking under laddersstuff :}}
rog.e,
May 22, 7:36am
Thanks fisher. Posted in the wrong thread darn it. V
maxwell.inc,
May 22, 8:52am
It can get inside thou
comes thru the wires if it strikes near enough, blows phones off the wall (plug in ones) and can fry a lot of electrical stuff.
Just not via the mirror :o)
rog.e,
May 22, 8:54am
Apologies for my posting mistake. Got lost for a while.
I suspect the mirror idea is that a reflection in the mirror makes it look like it could be inside the house. V
maxwell.inc,
May 22, 9:45am
Could be. . but your mum could have been taught the superstition maybe from someone older (her mum or granny maybe)
I dont know that one as a NZ superstition - but then I also dont know if your linage is even from NZ so that may explain it :o)
rog.e,
May 22, 9:55am
She was born to a parentsr from England. So that could be where it came from.
maxwell.inc,
May 22, 10:00am
yup! could well be on to something there!
elliehen,
May 22, 10:42am
rog. e - my Dictionary of Omens and Superstitions says: "All mirrors should be covered with cloths, and all scissors hidden when lightning is about or the omens are bad. "
elliehen,
May 22, 10:48am
... it also says, "There are several methods of protecting yourself from lightning, including winding a snakeskin around your head, sleeping on a feather bed, keeping a fire burning in the grate, and taking heed of this old rhyme: 'Beware of the Oak, it draws the stroke, Avoid the Ash, it courts the flash. Creep under a thorn, it can save you from harm. '
It's certainly advisable not to take shelter under a tall tree in an electrical storm...
elliehen,
May 22, 10:50am
Recipe for protecting your computer during a thunderstorm... invest in a power surge protector :)
rog.e,
May 22, 11:02am
elliehen
I have a remembered picture in my mind of mother with an armfull of towels putting them on dressing table mirros and I remember her saying, now that you mentioned it, about hiding scissors. I was following her and warching. Oh my gosh she must have been frightened by thunder and lightning. V
jeremy_74,
May 22, 11:21am
Unfortunately surge protectors are useless against lightning.
For some reason they are unable to make one that can stop power surges of over 300 million volts.
elliehen,
May 22, 11:29am
:))))))))
What about using a landline during lightning? Could you get a serious headache?
jeremy_74,
May 22, 11:34am
Well I've seen dialup modems that had pretty much exploded after a lightning strike.
Even switching the power socket off at switch wont stop lightning as it will just jump the gap between the contacts.
we had one come in though the lights in the lounge. Lucky no one was sitting under it, but it was really scary. Eight yrs later my kids still remember it and my youngest panics and pulls every thing out of the wall sockets and turns all lights etc off.
griffo4,
May 22, 9:10pm
Whenever we have a thunderstorm we unplug all our phone lines from the jack and that stops your computer from being fried Learned from a fried computer that had a surge protector the lightening comes through the phone lines
karenz,
May 28, 8:00pm
It's certainly advisable not to take shelter under a tall tree in an electrical storm...
I remember as a child living in Melbourne, a group of schoolchildren were killed while sheltering under a tree during a lightning storm, and I know of a woman in Townsville being struck by lightning while she was in the shower, the bolt came through the window.
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