is there any danger swimming in an open swimming pool while there is an electrical thunder storm?
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Whenever there is accumulation of charge in particles in the atmosphere, equal but opposite charge is accumulated in the Earth’s surface.\n\n If an object has a blunt surface and a sharp point, charge accumulates more in the sharp point than in the blunt surface.\n\nIn a bare ground if a man stands and another man is lying on the ground near by, the probability of striking of lightning is more for the man standing than that of a man lying. Note it is a probability.\n\nWhen you are in swimming in a pool, you are the highest point near the surroundings and all the charges induced accumulate only on your body and the probability of lightning to occur is at its high value.
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nothing the electricity will be transfered along the outside of the sub and be dispersed into the surrounding water. Some of the electronics might suffer a little surge damage but nothing major would happen. Unless someone was standing on the exterior of the sub when it was struck.
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Yes water is a highly effective ground which lightening needs to get to the earth. Lightening can strike you even through a window when you are in a house and the window is closed. extremely rare though. The water bed is safer, unless it leaks on you. Don't worry the odds of you being hit is like winning the lottery. I bet you win the lottery.
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Listening to thunder storms is actually one of my favorite ways of relaxing. I always open all the doors and windows during a thunder storm so i can hear it and not get wet.
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it would travel the same 2 inches that separate the prongs on the stun-baton. salty water is perfect conductor of electricity.\n\nif you want to achieve the effect of lightning striking the ocean, you would have to find a way to stick only one prong of stun-baton into the water.\n\nif you want to get some fish, you can stick two electodes into the water like 10 yeards apart, and connect them to a better source of electricity (like welding arc generator). But then again, TNT is easier.
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Ya you should cuz distilled water is not good as a conductor but adding salt to it makes it a good conductor of electricity and since soap contains alot of salts that can decompose into negative and positive charges i think ya u should worry about electric shock
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I think water you know that the tap wtaer is hard water i.e it contains excess of Ca++ ions and also the water is made up up of h20 which is ionic in nature and now the the original part when the person touches the switch cause the person is covered all of his body with hard water which is a 98.456% conductor of electricity he gets a svere shock also you should be knowing humanbody is also a conductor of electricity blood is acetic so both media media make good conductors of electricity and no obstruction is observed. In this way the person may also die.\n so always when working with electricity wear rubber slippers which are insulators (dont conduct current).\n GO ON KEEP ASKING
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case 1: the walls are made of conducting material\nIn this case you can safely bath, because the silica in the concrete is a better conductor of electricity than water and will conduct the electricity to the earth. How ever highly ionised water might still conduct a fraction of the electricity.\nCase 2: the walls are made of insulating material and the water storage is exposed to lightning: \nThis might be really dangerous as the lightning can be discharged only through the water and will toast you.\nCase 3: The walls are made of insulating material and the water storage is properly insulated from lightning attacks:\nDON WORRY.
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Algae is a single cell organism. When it dries out, at the edge of a lake for example, it can turn to dust (referred to as spores). These spores become airborne with the slightest breeze, and are suspended in the air constantly.\n\nThere is always an algae risk due to these spores, but a thunderstorm brings down vast quantities of them. The sudden added "dirt load" in the pool depletes the available chlorine, allowing some of the surviving spores to rejuvenate and multiply, causing the algae bloom.\n\nIf chlorine is added to the pool or a mineral sanitizer is present in the water before the storm, the pool should not turn green.
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Yeah, okay.  So it works like this, \n\nYou get a shock when you touch a live wire, or, say, a charged conductor (like a sister rubbing her rubber soled slippers on the carpet) because that conductor has an excess of electrons.  These electrons (the electrical charge) are trying to get to the ground (you can think of the earth as the largest conductor around, it is therefore the best place for extra electrons to be, energetically speaking).\n\nSo if you stick a live wire into the ocean (the salt water is a good conductor) but it is so vast that the electrons will spread incredibly fast (going to the ground in every conceivable direction) so the charge will become really small really quickly.\n\nSo basically, if you're standing near where you stick the wire in, you'd be luck to electrocute yourself.  Though I wouldn't recommend trying.
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Get trained. You need strong swimming skills and good technique or you are risking your  life as well. Try the Red Cross, or a similar organization. Since I don't know where you live I can't make any other suggestions for training.\nAlways supervise children and pets around the pool. Even a short distraction can be fatal.
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Are you fevered???\n\nIf yes, I would advise you to stay away from the pool if it's open to the public. If it's your private pool, I don't see what the prob would be.\n\nBe careful though, if your shingles is open...you don't want to get this in youe eyes!!!
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No.  The electric heating element is insulated and does not conduct power into the water and surrounding metal containers.
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Lightning strikes can travel large distances along wires since wires are made to conduct electricity really well.\n\nTherefore, there is an increased danger to using anything plugged into the wall by cords of any type.  This includes the phone, computer (unless on a wireless laptop), or even the sink (water also conducts electricity quite well along pipes).\n\nNow, the danger isn't extreme.  I can't give you specific numbers, but I do not believe that many people are hurt each year by lightning strikes.  Surge protectors do offer electronics some protection from overload... but can't protect you if a large enough surge comes through the line to fry you.  Generally only very nearby strikes are dangerous.\n\nMy own personal advice: don't worry too much about electrocution from thunderstorms when inside unless the storm is abnormally frequent when it comes to lightning.  It's a choice you make.  Even in a "safe room" you are still in some danger of a direct lightning strike.  Life is short and you should live it.\nHOWEVER, that's my opinion, and playing it safe is never bad.  Each strike is a small gamble... and some people do end up losing.\n\nHere's a bit more info on indoor lightning safety from the National Weather Service:\nhttp://www.lightningsafety.noaa.gov/indoors.htm\n\nI wish you well,\nGod bless,\nShane
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Yes, it does. For one thing, I've seen it hit the ocean and cause a scatter/ripple effect in the water. It was actually very cool.\n\nSecondly, why do you think people always tell you to get out of the water when there is a lightening storm overhead?
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Chlorine in the water is probably bad for us in the long run, but if it wasn't there we'd be dead already from cholera or typhus.  There is no such thing as "safe", you just need to gauge the amount of risk you are willing to tolerate for an enjoyable life for you and your family.
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Don't know sorry.  BUT PLS. I am at limit of questions for today so I ask here:  Is it dangerous if the pool's light is away from the wall and floating about a foot from wall and there is the cord to it in water? You know what I mean?  I've seen this a lot before . . .but the manitenance guy here is so stupid that I am particularly afraid this time.  Some other swimmer said it was OK and that it is always waterproof.