What should you do about your electronics when a storm is coming? Well, that’s easy and it isn’t.

We’ve talked before about how you should have power back-ups, but those aren’t always going to protect you from electrical surges that can accompany a storm.  A good example was in 2002 when my house was hit by a lightning strike, or near-by, and even with a surge protector on my computer, my computer phycially went up in flames from the force of the charge.

So what is the solution?  The best choice is of course to unplug your electronics, but that isn’t always an option when you are out of the house.  If you know a storm is coming, you can always unplug beforehand, but it’ll never be a bad idea to have surge protectors in place to at least keep you safe from the minor surges.  Some of the power back-ups out there will split half of their outlets between ones that can run off the battery, and the other half are surge protectors to protect your other electronics.

Ultimately it will always be best to unplug them, but if you must roll the dice, at least have some sort of protection in place, but always unplug them if you can.