Steve, Absolutely correct, I should also have said anything with an antenna particularly one that's outdoors is susceptable. I don't think a small indoor antenna such as on most cell or cordless phones would be a worry unless, again, you're outside. Nobody should ever take the power of lightning for granted, tom Net-Tamer V 1.13 Beta - Registered VICUG-L is the Visually Impaired Computer User Group List. To join or leave the list, send a message to [log in to unmask] In the body of the message, simply type "subscribe vicug-l" or "unsubscribe vicug-l" without the quotations. VICUG-L is archived on the World Wide Web at http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/vicug-l.html