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Erminea
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25 May 2009, 3:27 pm

It's about to go thunder and lightning here in this part of the woods (i.e. S.W. of Holland) and I was wondering, since I was about to hit the shower, 'is it save?'.... um, to do so when this type of weather, thunder and lightning, is actually happening very near by.

Just a random question.... (but of the uppermost importance to me, at present).

Help!! !!



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25 May 2009, 3:32 pm

Mythbusters did an experiment on this one. Here are the annotations:

Episode 30: Son of a Gun, Showering during a Thunderstorm

* You can get electrocuted from a phone or in the shower from a lighting strike to your house: confirmed

Experiment 2: The Shower

Setup: * Chip grounded with a wire to mimic standing on a drain * electrical wiring run next to some of the shower plumbing

There were big electrical explosions in the shower. Couldn't get readings off of the meter but it seemed clear that one would not want to have been in the shower.

Confirmed



I can personally say it doesn't happen often. (not yet to me)



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25 May 2009, 3:36 pm

Hmm, now I wish I had told you to go shower first and then make dinner;)



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25 May 2009, 3:36 pm

Erminea wrote:
It's about to go thunder and lightning here in this part of the woods (i.e. S.W. of Holland) and I was wondering, since I was about to hit the shower, 'is it save?'.... um, to do so when this type of weather, thunder and lightning, is actually happening very near by.

Just a random question.... (but of the uppermost importance to me, at present).

Help!! !!


There have been rare cases of people being shocked while using plumbing during a lightning storm. If lighting hits your building, the metal pipes could carry it. I usually don't worry about it and just go ahead and shower, since the statistical chances of it happening are very small.



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25 May 2009, 3:52 pm

1234 wrote:
Hmm, now I wish I had told you to go shower first and then make dinner;)


Bugger, listening to women always seem to get me into trouble. :lol:
Um, yeah, quite often (+/-) it did but just kidding here, 1234.

And thanks for the replies, folks. I think I'll take my changes and go get my shower now. I do need one after working my a off, on this damp and hot day here.



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25 May 2009, 3:55 pm

I love Mythbusters.

Sorry. Carry on.

8)



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25 May 2009, 4:25 pm

Had my shower, (to be physically clean is, yeah, really nice and important to me) and me posting this is prove of....

What?

I made it....

pphffeuw.

(oh, and I don't know her name but 'she' from mythbusters is lovely, I think)



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25 May 2009, 4:32 pm

^It's Carrie. And stay away, she's mine. :twisted:




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25 May 2009, 4:54 pm

^
Yeah, yeah, yep, Carrie.... mmmm, Carrie.

*dreams off*

But bugger (um, saying that, probably won't help winning her heart, I guess), plus also and.... although I'm not the chicken type of chap but knowing you're a big bloke maybe I'd better....

Nah.

JB, look.... an elephant, behind you!

*me*, *kissing her, whilst JB wasn't paying attention*

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25 May 2009, 5:09 pm

I don't know who that Carrie girl you're kissing is,

but *ahem* KARI is over THAT way ---->



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25 May 2009, 7:36 pm

Since Erminea was so kind to pass on this storm to this side of the country... :lol:

And after reading this thread:
http://forums.accuweather.com/index.php?showtopic=1730


Should I go running all over the place, unplugging what I can?
Or...would it be fine to just leave stuff plugged in?...