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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Wow I have never even known this was a risk and opened this thread expecting to see people making fun of OP!

I don't feel like I have ever even considered this a factor so I'm sure I've done it. I think I did it yesterday hearing some thunder? Honestly not sure but I must have done it! I doubt I'll be able to incorporate this into my anxiety bucket so will just go on acting like I didn't know this. [/quote]

Well, let me fulfill your expectations!

As a PP pointed out, there are literally dozens, if not hundreds of daily activities that are or dangerous than bathing during a storm.  OP, and people in general, suck at risk assessment.  If you live on a plain in Kansas in a 3 story house with an old style TV antenna, this is a valid concern.  I, and I expect most of the people commenting, live in an area where the trees and other structures are much taller than my house.

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I live in a DC rowhouse, and we've definitely had lightening strike directly at our house and blow out our Internet and router. And of course we all remember the horrific story a few years ago when tourists were struck by lightening on the mall. Lightening strikes actually happen.

This is one of those things where the cost to avoid the risk is so low (shower 20 minutes later after the storm) that I don't understand why people wouldn't do it. My Dad is an engineer and he always enforced this rule. How horrific would you feel if your child was actually electrocuted, and you knew there was a risk?[/quote]

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