2007-05-16 12:12:50 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Weather
in a meteorology book that I have read had a lot of warnings with electrical storms. it is said to stay away from windows, use minimal electricity, stay away from water sources (drains, toilets, sinks ect. so not only to not take a shower but to stay away from it. ,not to talk on the phone, use hand held electrical appliances such as: video game controllers, computers, vacuumes etc. also last but not least keep windows closed. the pressure inside the house could keep the lightning from going inside the house if there is pressure which lightning and many other things avoid.
2007-05-16 19:51:40 · answer #1 · answered by Kristenite’s Back! 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Likely - No. However lightning will do whatever it wants. Fastest route be damned. I've seen lightning jump from hot water pipe to cold water pipe repetedly before going to ground. I've seen it go through a glass window and strike a potted flower, destroying the clay pot and not damaging the window. I've seen it strike the ground and ripple across the yard like the grass was glowing blue. Odds are you won't get hit, but read up on Roy C. Sullivan some time. He once got struck by lightning in a truck driving down the road (fully insulated) and that shouldn't happen. He was struck seven times in his life. I don't shower if it's storming badly just to be safe.
2007-05-16 22:24:32 · answer #2 · answered by chris s 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No. Lightning will always seek the fastest route to the ground. If you're inside the house, as you probably would be if you were showering, in order to get to you, the lightning would have to bore a hole through the roof and at least one ceiling and "see" you as the fastest way to get to the ground. But the shower head would be above you, and house plumbing is grounded, so even if it somehow bored a hole through the roof and ceiling, it would see the shower pipe as a faster way to ground than you, and would hit it instead. In lightning-prone areas, many houses have lightning rods on the roof that direct the lightning immediately to the ground without going through any part of the house.
2007-05-16 19:19:47 · answer #3 · answered by Dan H 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah. You may get struck and you may not but your risk of getting killed by a lightning strike outside will be really high
2007-05-16 20:15:39 · answer #4 · answered by Justin 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is not likely, but is not safe either. During a lightning storm you should not use the phone (land line) or wash dishes, or shower. Not likely, but just be safe.
2007-05-17 02:52:53 · answer #5 · answered by noonecanne 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's not as likely, however lightning CAN and WILL travel along metal pipes.
2007-05-16 20:18:05 · answer #6 · answered by The Doctor 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋