strange behavior of laptop during thunderstorm

[Chris Hodges]

don@manx.misty.com (Don Klipstein) wrote in message news:<slrncingud.af1.don@manx.misty.com>...

Plastic is nonconductive, and I doubt wood is conductive enough for
this. I suspect inductive coupling or a pulse of RF.

Conductivity of wood depends strongly on moisture content. A tree in
a storm is not quite the same as a wooden table in this regard!

Chris