Have you ever taken a bath or shower when it is storming outside

[Tuesday Afternoon]

[ChoralScholar]

1. It's never even been a consideration. EOM

[Tuesday Afternoon]

4. the shower?

or the storm?

sorry, I don't understand your answer :dunce:

I am pretty worthless right now. Thanks to another sucky day on the job.

[ChoralScholar]

5. I wasn't clear, sorry

I never take into consideration the weather when it's time for a shower. I never saw it as a threat.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

7. ok, I wanted to make sure that was what you meant.

thanks for clarifying. ;)

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. My dear Tuesday Afternoon...

I can't say that I have...so I said "no."

It's an interesting question...

What's your reason for it?

Have you?

:hi:

[Tuesday Afternoon]

3. Do you wait until the lightning and thunder is over before you

take a shower?

Someone said something at work today that made me curious.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

13. Ah, I see!

Well, since we rarely have thunder or lightning here, it's not a consideration!

:hi:

[Tuesday Afternoon]

14. no thunderstorms ?!

:wow: that is JUST weird :D :hi:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

21. What can I say?

We rarely have them here!

SoCal is weird!

:hi:

[Withywindle]

6. When I was a kid my mom told me never to do that.

Or talk on the phone either. (In the days of landlines only, of course).

I have no idea if it's bullshit or not - but it stuck with me to the point where I don't do it.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

8. Yes. I know many, many people who will not, either.

:shrug:

[Fox Mulder]

9. Why not?

:shrug:

[Tuesday Afternoon]

11. it must be an old wive's tale --

:shrug:

see withywindle's response above.

[Critters2]

15. No. I saw it on the Weather Channel. I never knew you weren't supposed to.

But they said the current from lightning can follow the copper in plumbing pipes, and is more likely to do so when there's water running in them, like when you're showering. So now I don't shower or bathe during storms. But I used to.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

17. well, you should post a PSA going by all the "yes" answers in my

poll. The public needs to be educated :D

[Dangerously Amused]

10. Why wouldn't you?

[Tuesday Afternoon]

12. I think...it is because they are afraid of being electrocuted...

either that or it is an excuse to not bathe :shrug:

[harmonicon]

16. yep, being electrocuted - it can happen, but it's rare

most water pipes can conduct electricity, so if the lightning charge somehow made a jump from whatever it hit on the house, should it hit the house, you could get toasted.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

18. rare...yes. Wonder where one would go to find the statistics on it

the probabilities of this occurrence.

[Critters2]

19. PSA: A Moment of Science

http://amos.indiana.edu/library/scripts/shower.html

[Tuesday Afternoon]

20. ?

:rofl:

[blitzen]

22. and here's a documented case from last month...

http://www.cjonline.com/stories/051108/loc_277837232.shtml

[struggle4progress]

23. Apparently I need a lightning rod in the shower

[nadine_mn]

24. YES! Because my mom warned me against it (and talking on the Phone) I rebel!

You betcha - I may not have done drugs or stayed out all night in my rebellious youth but as soon as there is lightning I get nekkid and hop in the shower. Then I call my mom - and she always says.."no get off the phone - lightning will zap you".

Sigh I live a sad and pathetic life