Shower/bathe during t-storm

[Sentinel]

good idea/bad idea?

i have heard both.

 

[Kalvin00]

I'll pass.

 

[DaTT]

Do it and report back.

 

[HardcoreRobot]

no, i hide under my bed and plug me ears

 

[scorpmatt]

If there is enough light, go for it. I remember as a wee lad taking a bath during t-storms. I miss the t-storms from back then...

 

[CptFarlow]

Pass

 

[Kitkat13]

Sometimes you just dont have a choice... Ive done it and lived to tell....

 

[DeadByDawn]

I risk it.

 

[mobobuff]

Son of a BITCH Ohio! Give me your fscking thunderstorms!! All of 'em! Right now.

 

[seanws]

i do it all the time

 

[mordantmonkey]

i wasn't aware there was much risk. sounds like urban legend to me.
i fvcking love t-storms by the way. one of the few things keeping me in KC

 

[Baked]

I rarely shower/bathe.

 

[digitalsm]

Originally posted by: mordantmonkey
i wasn't aware there was much risk. sounds like urban legend to me.
i fvcking love t-storms by the way. one of the few things keeping me in KC

It depends. In many old houses the electrical work is grounded to the main water pipe. In new homes or most older renovated homes this is not the case.

 

[cjgallen]

I do it all the time.

It's kinda cool, raining outside while you're showering. It's like you're outside

 

[mordantmonkey]

Originally posted by: digitalsm

Originally posted by: mordantmonkey
i wasn't aware there was much risk. sounds like urban legend to me.
i fvcking love t-storms by the way. one of the few things keeping me in KC

It depends. In many old houses the electrical work is grounded to the main water pipe. In new homes or most older renovated homes this is not the case.

wouldn't the electricity flow toward the ground where the main pipe is buried outside your house?
seems like that would be the path of least resistance.

 

[nakedfrog]

Never had a problem with it. it. it. it.

Originally posted by: Baked
I rarely shower/bathe.

You dirty hippie!

 

[JustAnAverageGuy]

I wait until the storm is over, but if I need to leave soon I'll take a shower in a storm.

 

[amoeba]

Just dont be in a public bath during a t storm as all hell breaks loose if the lights go out.

 

[DeadByDawn]

My brother was shocked in the shower once during a thunderstorm. He was touching the faucet when it struck.

 

[Sentinel]

I'm still alive. Thankfully the storm was mostly over.

 

[dighn]

Originally posted by: mordantmonkey

wouldn't the electricity flow toward the ground where the main pipe is buried outside your house?
seems like that would be the path of least resistance.

in theory yeah but lightening is really powerful and ground impedance might not be low enough, do you really wanna risk it?

 

[mordantmonkey]

Originally posted by: dighn

Originally posted by: mordantmonkey

wouldn't the electricity flow toward the ground where the main pipe is buried outside your house?
seems like that would be the path of least resistance.

in theory yeah but lightening is really powerful and ground impedance might not be low enough, do you really wanna risk it?

Sure! i do all the time.

 

[kinev]

Mythbusters did an episode on this. Yes, you can get electrocuted, but the conditions have to be just right. Is it worth the risk? Depends on the person, I guess.

 

[MrBond]

They tested this on Mythbusters.

I believe they called it "possible" but I don't recall specifics. They also tested dropping an appliance into the water, and that was more recent, so I may be getting them confused. I'm fairly sure that people die each year while showering in a thunderstorm.

Edit: Here's episode specifics:

Episode 30: Son of a Gun
It's survived untried for nearly 150 years: The myth of the Civil War soldier who was shot clean through his nether regions and the nearby woman who became pregnant when hit by the traveling bullet. Good luck, Jamie and Adam! Then the two test just how dangerous it is to use the telephone or take a shower during a thunderstorm. Finally, Scottie and Kari attempt to re-create the voyage of a hapless pair of boating greenhorns who set out to sea without first detaching their boat from their car trailer.
premiere: March 30, 2005

 

[bret]

i dont take showers/baths