[tiamat]

There is that.

I ALWAYS keep at least one old style, land-line phone.

[grellis]

Same here, but I never go near it during storms (See, Dark? Banished!). I don't know if it is an old wives tale or not, but my mom always told us when we were kids that if we used the phone during a thunderstorm we would be electrocuted. Ditto taking a shower during a storm. To this day, whenever it's stormy, I always half-expect bolts of lightning to coming shooting out of the telephone or shower head.