I've actually known people to have lightning fry their radios coming up 
through the RF ground on the radio as well. Everything here is true though, 
a little work saves a lot of risk.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Phil Scovell" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, September 17, 2007 7:15 PM
Subject: Re: Question About Lightning For All You Florida Hams


> Just connect all equipment to a master shut off switch, and install a good
> ground with everything connecting to it.  Whenever you aren't on the air,
> turn everything off, unplug that master switch so nothing is hooked up to
> the the house current, and unscrew all the antennas and connect them
> directly to the grounding system.  That's what I do and my antenna has 
> been
> struck by lightning with me standing three feet away from the grounding
> switch.  I'm fine.  I can't father children any longer and my hearing is
> about half of what it was back then but like Steven Right always said, You
> can't have everything, where would you put it.  Oh, also, tell your friend
> not to operate during an electrical storm just to be safe.  One other 
> thing.
> You unplug everything from the wall because most equipment fries occur do 
> to
> lightning striking nearby power lines and spiking back up into the house
> wiring.  Every word I just typed is true except the hearing and the
> fathering children part.  I am not 100 percent sure about the fathering
> children bit because it has been 25 years since my last child was born but 
> I
> am pretty sure I still remember what causes it.
>
> Phil.
> K0NX