It's not impossible. I once had a computer go flakey, not plugged in, not 
hooked to anything, but there was a strike somewhere not too far from the 
house, and that computer never worked right again. It was fine when I shut 
down hearing the storm in the distance and I've heard of other similar 
instances, some of the chips in today's electronics are very very sensitive 
and I swear just the slight charge in the air can cause things to go off. I 
don't know how many cable boxes I've blown over the years getting a static 
electricity shock from them. In the house I grew up in I think we lost one 
every winter that way, something was a bit off there obviously but even the 
house after that we did that once or twice. My wife's aunt lost 2 cable 
boxes this past summer due to lightning storms and one they say they never 
even heard it strike close by or anything but it worked before the storm, 
not after. So, I tend to believe it's not only likely that did it, it's more 
than likely something like that happened.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Harvey Heagy" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2012 6:02 AM
Subject: OT question about NLS digital player


>I am asking this on behalf of someone who doesn't have a computer.  They 
>say
> they were reading a book on battery power with the player unplugged when
> after a clap of thunder the player said, "Battery Low."  They had several
> hours of battery power left before the thunder clap, but lost it all
> afterwards.  Then the next time they charged it up, it drained down to the
> same point when there was again no power.  Could the thunder storm or
> lightning caused this with the player unplugged, or was this purely
> coincidental?  They had the standard player which they sent back for 
> another
> one after this incident.  I think the NLS digital format is the best ever
> offered by NLS, but I find this series of events very strange.  I could
> understand it if the player was plugged in, but not unplugged and on 
> battery
> power.  73.
> Harvey