Is it ok to take a bath during a thunderstorm ? ( Archived) (54)

Yes,,,,,,, as long as you are outside wearing a rubber,,,,,,,,,,,,,maybe two rubbers......I can't remember it's been a long time,,,,,,,,,,,,,

This reminds me of the time when a neighbor of mine had an old washtub in her laundry room that she would soak her white clothes prior to washing them.

One particular evening while thunderstorm a streak of lightening bounced off the water that was still in that washtub and lucky for the neighbor she wasn't in the laundry room when it happened.


I've been told not to ever talk on the phone during a storm and that even thunder can cause damage to any electronics you may have in your home.


If it were me I wouldn't take a bath/shower during a bad storm.

Yes, it’s ok, but make sure you’re wearing your rubber boots on!

Some folks will invent any excuse to get out of taking a bath.

Only if you're sharing.

yes but if the lights go out be sure that it is a loofah you are holding and not a metal scouring pad

I was always taught, that it was dangerous to have a bath/shower during a Thunderstorm. I live in Ireland, Thunderstorms have become abit more Tropical now [Global warming and we have fork lightning. I always was told that Water attracted lightning. We dont have lightning conductors here on our roofs or chimneys, surely its safer not to ?
Some years back, 2 people were electrocuted whilst speaking on the phone. Also under trees [obvious thing not to do ] but I dont believe in tempting fate. I dont talk or have my TV on during a storm.

Save water!!!

Take a bath with a friend...

Yeah it's just fine to bathe or shower during a thunderstorm - statistically your almost NEVER likely to get struck, but bathing and showering - while you may not get actually struck - as in on the head, the EMP - or electromagnetic pulse, of the electricity landing near by, will travel through the paths of least resistance, like water pipes, tap handles, bath and shower plug holes, the power lines, TV antennas, metal guttering around the roof etc., and earth stakes etc., etc., etc.,

And being wet and a part of the circuit at the same time, significantly increase your risk of death by electrocution - or shock and falling over / heart stopping etc., from a lightning strike that either hits a good conductor or lands in the ground or through a tree near by.

Lightning is a double strike - first a pulse of power runs down the the earth and then it runs from the earth backup into the clouds.

And the energy density - the pulse wave is much like the pressure wave from a nuclear bomb - the big pressure pulse that blows buildings apart / over a great distance away from the blast.


So if your sufficiently close to the strike, you will get shocked and perhaps killed outright, if your in the bath or shower as the pulse of electricity runs through you and back again.

I have been in plenty of lightning storms that HUGE bolts of lightning land within a few blocks...

While they clearly MISS me - as in it's not a direct hit to me, or the home I am in, the EMP - statistically speaking, and being wet and in the bath or shower, HUGELY magnifies the chances of electrocution and death by an indirect hit....

Yes I admit I LOVE showering - in a HUGE storm, rain pouring down, lightning going off like bombs all around the house...

But a marginally superior sense of survival overrides the delight of showering during a storm.

I suppose that IF you had an electrically isolated tub, with NO pipes or wiring connected to it, up off the DRY ground, under a dry roof with a dry wooden floor underneath it... that would be OK...

By electrically isolated - I mean no conductive things, within 10 meters of it....

Then it's a matter of a direct strike and getting hit by that is called "tough luck".

I have three words to say on the subject of bathing or showering during a lightning storm, "Don't do it."

well...crap!
cuz i love showering outdoors in the rain, but haven't during a lightning storm, and that tub outside really intrigued me.
now i would be all nervous.

what about outdoor hotsprings during a storm?...same thing?

There are some great pictures and info on the subject

...weellll....there's some more rain on my parade....

but then again,
i like tempting fate...
i just do it without toasters...

I can think of a few i would like to take a bath with in a thunderstorm

politics?

just how long is this list....?

then again..how big is this tub?...