Talking about the dangers of lightening to computers, keep in mind the dangers to us. We have had several days of some rather nasty afternoon and evening thunder and lightening storms. I was on the medic unit last night and responded to a golf course for a report of: one struck by lightening. The golf course attendant informed us they do have a lightening alert system, which did activate ahead of the storm, they had made an announcement, but apparently the group either did not hear, ignored or misjudged the speed at which the storm was approaching, since they failed to return to the club house in time and were caught out in the storm. His golfing buddies said the lightening strike hit several hundred yards away (I suspect they may have misjudged the distance of the strike), but that he was immediately knocked to the ground unconscious and unresponsive. He did regain consciousness several minutes later, but had no feeling in his legs. The golf course is about 10 minutes from our quarters; it took us at least additional 5 minutes due to the intensity of the rain. Upon our arrival he was conscious, the feeling had returned to his legs, but had no memory of what had happened and was experiencing severe chest pain, upon examination we found evidence of singed chest hair. We took him to the nearest trauma center, where he remained in serious condition. Bottom line; lightening is serious stuff, take time to read up on how best to avoid being struck or what to do to minimize exposure. Pete