Comments on: Is my cell phone a lightning magnet? http://www.scienceline.org/2006/07/11/ask-thompson-cellphone/ The Shortest Distance Between You and Science Fri, 19 Mar 2010 03:48:50 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: mafister http://www.scienceline.org/2006/07/11/ask-thompson-cellphone/comment-page-1/#comment-2266 mafister Wed, 15 Oct 2008 05:56:32 +0000 http://scienceline.org/2006/07/11/071206_ask_cellphone/#comment-2266 What about ionization of air particles made by microvawes radiated by the cell phone? Lighting "searches" for the best conducting path across the insulating air. Doesn't cellular help it to strike making conductive (ionized) air particles? What about ionization of air particles made by microvawes radiated by the cell phone? Lighting “searches” for the best conducting path across the insulating air. Doesn’t cellular help it to strike making conductive (ionized) air particles?

]]> By: Sunny Shah http://www.scienceline.org/2006/07/11/ask-thompson-cellphone/comment-page-1/#comment-1158 Sunny Shah Mon, 12 Nov 2007 19:44:20 +0000 http://scienceline.org/2006/07/11/071206_ask_cellphone/#comment-1158 Cell phones ? I wont use cell phone again. its a light magnet . Cell phones ?
I wont use cell phone again. its a light magnet .

]]> By: Scott Niewald http://www.scienceline.org/2006/07/11/ask-thompson-cellphone/comment-page-1/#comment-1019 Scott Niewald Mon, 20 Aug 2007 01:07:39 +0000 http://scienceline.org/2006/07/11/071206_ask_cellphone/#comment-1019 Thanks for the great picture and the info on how lightning is created and released during a storm. I have seen many extraordinary thunder storms and always wondered if there was a specifically chosen striking point or pattern for lightning strikes. Your column has been quick and to the point for what I was looking for. Thanks for the great picture and the info on how lightning is created and released during a storm. I have seen many extraordinary thunder storms and always wondered if there was a specifically chosen striking point or pattern for lightning strikes. Your column has been quick and to the point for what I was looking for.

]]> By: ToddG http://www.scienceline.org/2006/07/11/ask-thompson-cellphone/comment-page-1/#comment-39 ToddG Fri, 14 Jul 2006 19:56:07 +0000 http://scienceline.org/2006/07/11/071206_ask_cellphone/#comment-39 Don't forget the related "cell phone while filling up [your car] at a gas station". Don’t forget the related “cell phone while filling up [your car] at a gas station”.

]]> By: Kyle Prevatt http://www.scienceline.org/2006/07/11/ask-thompson-cellphone/comment-page-1/#comment-26 Kyle Prevatt Wed, 12 Jul 2006 11:40:46 +0000 http://scienceline.org/2006/07/11/071206_ask_cellphone/#comment-26 Andrea, You certainly do bring up valid points about lightning and how carrying a cell phone has as much to do with a person being struck as a butterfly flapping its wings has on starting a tropical storm on the other side of the earth. Then again, perhaps a question and answer session on chaos theory is in order now! One more thing, do you remember how big Zack Morris's cell phone was? Some might describe the size as resembling a small sky scraper. Does that mean he was more prone to electric activity than say a Nokia user? ;) Cheers, Kyle Andrea,

You certainly do bring up valid points about lightning and how carrying a cell phone has as much to do with a person being struck as a butterfly flapping its wings has on starting a tropical storm on the other side of the earth. Then again, perhaps a question and answer session on chaos theory is in order now!

One more thing, do you remember how big Zack Morris’s cell phone was? Some might describe the size as resembling a small sky scraper. Does that mean he was more prone to electric activity than say a Nokia user? ;)

Cheers,
Kyle

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