Anonymous
Post 07/31/2016 18:57     Subject: Is it dangerous to take a shower during a storm?
Grew up with this, too. I got zapped via the frig handle when it hit the tree next to our house, though. A friend has hearing loss from being on a land line when lightning struck the building. No joke!
Anonymous
Post 07/31/2016 18:57     Subject: Is it dangerous to take a shower during a storm?
I heard this too growing up in NY state. Even after graduating Ivy undergrad and law school I still will avoid showering during a t-storm. It doesn't seem likely but I still hear my grandmother's warnings.
Anonymous
Post 07/31/2016 18:52     Subject: Is it dangerous to take a shower during a storm?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:What is her level of education?


Sounds like you are implying (snarling) that it must be low because this is a stupid notion? If so, what is yours?


College grad


Some people are very helpless in spite of paying a lot of money for a degree.
Anonymous
Post 07/31/2016 18:51     Subject: Is it dangerous to take a shower during a storm?
Yep. It's why I didn't bathe my kids last night and will tonight instead. It's a small risk, but skipping a bath is no-risk.
Anonymous
Post 07/31/2016 18:51     Subject: Is it dangerous to take a shower during a storm?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:OP, how do you not know this?

I would question your education, not your neighbors.


Op here--I consider myself an intelligent person, but somehow I have never heard anyone talk about this until today! Maybe I have been living under a weather-proof rock.


I apologize OP. That snark was actually meant for the poster after you
Anonymous
Post 07/31/2016 18:21     Subject: Re:Is it dangerous to take a shower during a storm?
Anonymous wrote:I grew up in Florida where the risk of getting struck by lightning is much higher. I was always taught not to shower or do dishes during a lightening storm. Just looked it up and it's apparently true. The risk is small but real.

PP who questioned the education level, you are an ass. I went to college. It certainly didn't make me smarter than many people who did not. Most city people wouldn't last a week out in the country despite the degree.


Yes this is drilled into your head in Florida b/c it's thunderstorms every day for half the year.

Risk is small but real. Do you drive with out a seat belt?
Anonymous
Post 07/31/2016 17:58     Subject: Is it dangerous to take a shower during a storm?
I was always told to avoid showering when there is thunder and lightning. I was also told to stay away from windows. I think the risk of a strike is extremely small but it is not zero.
Anonymous
Post 07/31/2016 17:56     Subject: Is it dangerous to take a shower during a storm?
Anonymous wrote:there is some truth to the fear: http://www.discovery.com/tv-shows/mythbusters/mythbusters-database/shower-in-thunderstorm/

This seems to prove that it is safer to avoid the shower during a storm. At least the National Weather Service thinks so.
Anonymous
Post 07/31/2016 17:53     Subject: Is it dangerous to take a shower during a storm?
I can't say whether this is true or not, but I've heard it many, many times and I think it's ridiculous to assume OP is stupid just because you've never heard of it before. It's not stupid, but an old rule. I don't know if it applies to modern plumbing.
Anonymous
Post 07/31/2016 17:53     Subject: Is it dangerous to take a shower during a storm?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:What is her level of education?


Sounds like you are implying (snarling) that it must be low because this is a stupid notion? If so, what is yours?


College grad
Anonymous
Post 07/31/2016 17:52     Subject: Is it dangerous to take a shower during a storm?
When I was a kid, I went to a summer camp that was up on a mountain. When there was a thunder storm, nobody was allowed anywhere near the bathroom. No showers, no sinks, not even the toilet. All the pipes were above ground.
Anonymous
Post 07/31/2016 17:47     Subject: Is it dangerous to take a shower during a storm?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:What is her level of education?


College grad!


US college?
Anonymous
Post 07/31/2016 17:46     Subject: Is it dangerous to take a shower during a storm?
Anonymous wrote:OP, how do you not know this?

I would question your education, not your neighbors.


Op here--I consider myself an intelligent person, but somehow I have never heard anyone talk about this until today! Maybe I have been living under a weather-proof rock.
Anonymous
Post 07/31/2016 17:45     Subject: Is it dangerous to take a shower during a storm?
I have absolutely heard this. I thought it had to do with above ground metal pipes, which almost nobody has.
Anonymous
Post 07/31/2016 17:42     Subject: Is it dangerous to take a shower during a storm?
Nerd storm and weather watcher here and I do not shower, bathe or hand wash dishes during a storm. Remember learning not to talk on a landline phone BITD either.

No showers during an electrical storm!

Some of the most inconsiderate, strangest people I've ever met happen to be the most highly educated.