is there really anything wrong with taking a shower during a lightning storm?
599246
Mythbusters totally busted this. One of them took a shower during a thunderstorm, and absolutely NOTHING happened.
570075
There is a small risk of being zapped during a storm if you are in a shower, talking on the phone, sitting on your sofa watching TV, and a few other things you should not do.
377495
Oh, I thought it was acceptable.  I've been doing it for years and it always causes people to laugh rather than to scorn me.  Better out than in.  "Wherever you be, let your wind blow free".
404402
It is possible, yes. You will probably not get struck by lightning, especially if you do it in a city (it would be quite a site!), since there are always higher targets for lightning to strike. Soap may not be able to create foam though, there would be acid rain after all...
549998
Yes and no.  While if there's lightning there's going to be thunder, it could be occurring so far up or away that you might see it but just not be able to hear the thunder.
995092
Yes.It's perfectly normal to be bathed by a BS.I was around 5-6 when i started bathing my self.
401412
As I understand it, the metal takes the hit of the lightening and the key to your safety is to avoid touching any metal attached to the base of the car while the lightening strike is active.\n\nI certainly hope I'll never have any cause to find out whether my understanging is correct!
884163
The only thing bad about it is if you live in a tornado prone area.  That's not safe.  Don't let other people make you upset.  If you like it, who cares what anyone else thinks?
173580
take a shower together
493265
Yes, it is possible for lightning to strike water.  It happens all the time.  Lightning is the result of a difference in potential between two bodies.  When the potential is great enough, electricity jumps from the negatively charged body to the positively charged body.  The two bodies can be a cloud and a tree, a cloud and the ground or a cloud and water or from one cloud to another.  Therefore, lightning can be cloud to ground, cloud to cloud or even within a cloud.  What happens when the lightening bolt strikes the water is that at the immediate point of the strike, the temperature of the water instantly reaches the boiling point.  Given the extreme temperature of a lightning bolt and the extreme charge, I would suspect that not only is steam formed but a plasma is also likely formed at the immediate point of the strike.  As to what happens to any biological life at the point of the strike, it would depend on how near they are to the strike.  The closer they are to it, the more likely that they could be killed by the sudden change in temperature and potential.
1180080
A car's frame is made of metal.  If lightning strikes the car, the metal will conduct around you through the metal because metal is a better conductor than your body is.  Unsafe is electricity going through you.  Do not stand upright in a storm or even under a tree.  Also don't lay flat on the ground because if lightening strikes near you, the conduction through the ground may offer more resistence than your body and the electricity may take a shortcut through your body.  Best thing without a car is to squat down.
337548
Unless you have a surge protector and a backup system, it isn't recommended to leave your computer on. If lightning strikes, it can fry out the electronics in your computer.
906593
As a forecaster, I use flurry to indicate light snow that is nothing but a nuisance to visibility and does not accumulate.\n\na snow "shower" is an intermittent period of light snow that causes very little accumulation and is not a major event.  But it's "worse" thana  flurry.
717342
well u dont have to worry about the thunder....its the lightning that comes with it if it lands in the pool while u are in it it will shock u to death.........SMART ?
714360
1. you can't smell yourself, please ask your partner's honest opinion, if you don't have a partner, ask your mom.\n2. people in my family don't shower everyday, about 2-3times a week.  But if I do exercise or am physically active, I would shower afterwards. Just so that my pore don't get clogged with sweat or dirt.  I do remind my husband if I think it's time for him to hit the shower.\n3. I do think we North Americans shower too often, we are wasting our water unnecessarily.  It cost a lot for the municipal governments to treat water.  when i think that some part of the world don't still have safe drinking water, I feel bad to allow the shower water run for too long.
554049
It depends on how high up you are in your apartment complex. So long as you are not the top floor or two then you are ok in that respect. make sure that you are not standing in water, that you have rubber shoes on and that you aren't touching anything metal. of course this is all just to be on the safe side just to make sure that a positive spike doesn't come off of you and try to connect with a bolt.\n\nI am an amateur photographer and have stood out in open fields taking pictures of lighting from storms 5-30 miles away. It's all in a matter of how safe you feel. I have had some REALLY close calls. If your hair ever starts to stand up drop to the ground FAST and roll away from whatever you are next to.
264419
Found 10:\n1. Stay or go indoors! \n2. Stay away from anything that could conduct electricity.\n3. Don't use any plug-in electrical appliances like hair dryers, electric toothbrushes, \n4. Don't use the telephone during the storm. \n5. Stay in your automobile if you are traveling. \n6. Don't use metal objects outside, like fishing rods and golf clubs. \n7. Get out of the water. \n8. If you're outdoors, seek shelter from lightning! \n9. If you can't find shelter, avoid the tallest object in the area. \n10. When you feel the electrical charge, drop to the ground immediately!