Does cell phone transmission invite lightning strikes?

Subject: Does cell phone transmission invite lightning strikes?

Date: Thu Oct 5 00:29:27 2000
Posted by Jeff Richards
Grade level: undergrad School: Tri-C
City: Cleveland State/Province: OH Country: USA
Area of science: Earth Sciences
ID: 970720167.Es

Message:


There is an email, possibly a hoax, circulating the internet warning of the 
dangers of using cell phones outdoors.  It claims that by using cell phones 
the transmission will create a just the right conditions to induce a 
lightning strike which could kill or injure the user of the phone.

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