Are you an "unplugger" when it's stormy?

I unplug computers and tvs if the lightning flashes and cracks at the same time, our lights dim as the lightning strikes, or if our power keeps going on and off.

Tornado warnings that are actually close (sirens and such) and the kids go downstairs while DH and I go outside to look.

I only unplug my laptop and I don't take a shower until the lightning is gone.

I don't unplug things. Sometimes, I do say to myself that maybe I should move away from the front window and not use my computer. But, thunderstorms are not very common here, and we don't have hurricanes or tornados. I don't really do to much different when we go on "storm watch", just make sure we have food for the day in case we don't want to go out.

If I'm at home and there's a warning about bad storms, I might unplug my laptop and other technology stuff. Otherwise, no.

I don't unplug, but I do power off. I've lost two printers due to storm surges, so I try to be careful with them.

No. I never unplug anything.

If there's a tornado warning we all wear shoes, the kids wear their bike helmets, and we get in the bathtub and put a twin size mattress over us.

When there's a tornado watch we prepare by lining the shoes and helmets up in the bathroom, lining the tub with a blanket, and putting the mattress in place.

Only the laptop. We do turn off the big TV, and both desktop computers. Everything else stays plugged in.

When our house was struck by lightening, it was through the phone line, so we are more careful with that.

I'd be unplugging all day six months of the year, so no.

In Iowa during a tornado warning I went to the basement. In FL, I continue whatever it was that I was doing.

If there is a particularly bad storm or an actual tornado warning I usually will turn off my desktop computer. I don't generally unplug it, but might if I was very concerned. If it's a severe storm I will put on shoes or have them right next to me (I'm almost always barefoot at home), and make sure I have a flashlight I can quickly grab. We are also the type who tend to look outside or go out on the porch to see what's happening.

Thing is, it doesn't have to be a storm that causes a problem. My sister and brother-in-law had a weird power surge in their condo that took out a bunch of electronic stuff. Several months ago we woke up one morning to things clicking on and off and our iPhones beeping: there was a short down the line somewhere (not right near us since our lines are underground) and it was causing the power to go on, off, on, off every second or so. Because we had been asleep it took us a bit to realize what was going on. By the time I was trying to unplug the big TV the power went totally off. We were worried about how much might have gotten fried but the only thing we lost was the thermostat.

Turning it off really does nothing.  Unplugging it or having it plugged into a surge protector is what protects it.  I think everything big and expensive i have is in a surge protector.  My computer at home even has a power source surge protector so if the power goes out, it has about 1/2 hour of power depending on what's plugged into it.  Had to get that when our lights flickered ALL THE TIME and would shut me off on even a nice clear day.  Power company has that sorted now though.

Not usually, but after I read this, I did u plug ds' laptop from the wall. Everything else is on a surge protectkr

I only unplug my computer.

My mother was an unplugger, but i'm not. Most of our stuff is plugged into surge protector strips. Seems like we have too many things for the outlets so we end up with strips, just as easy to make them surge protecting strips.

Thankfully we've never had a tornado warning because I would probably have a heart attack and be useless.

We don't get a lot of bad storms but when we do DH is an unplugger. I'm not - last big storm we had I stayed on my treadmill running through the whole thing. I thought my husband was going to have a heart attack from it.