Ok well i was in the shower and when i got in i put my head under water and when i looked up there was the ligting bolt thingy, like a white blue colour, between me and the shower head. i ws kind of paralysed for a few seconds and then i could move. i got out and when i touched metal and other surfeces i dindn't get a zap. the wheather is fine, cloudy but no storm, about 17 degrees, no lightning. The water was medium heat. what happened? can anyone tell me?
2007-05-23 23:35:21 · 6 answers · asked by smilinchick_21 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Other - Science
there were no visible lights or mirrors, and even thoguh my hair was uner, my eyes weren't under. i know what i saw, and i was paralysed for a few seconds. it was like i could feel shock running through me.
please please help, it was really frightening.
2007-05-23 23:50:29 · update #1
the bolt thing was between MY HEAD and the shower head, btw, as in like, it had contact with my hair.
2007-05-23 23:51:55 · update #2
With your head under water and your eyes open the water was refracting and reflecting the lights in your bathroom so that you saw strange light patterns.
2007-05-23 23:42:06 · answer #1 · answered by Chug-a-Lug 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
purely conjecture, but...
a zap with no applied voltage would have to be static. The shower head is attached to the plumbing which is attached to ground. So there would have had to have been a charge stored on you. Generating and storing a charge requires different materials (wool, polyester, carpet fiber) and dry air (no steam from the shower).
Hair is great for indicating static, but doesn't really hold a charge. If there was a charge on your skin then your hair might have been drawn towards the shower head. I assume from the description that when you saw the zap was the point in time when your head was closest to the shower head, correct?
So hypothetically if you built a charge in your body that was not discharged (your feet would have had to be on dry tile or tub) and then put your head near the shower head, a stray strand of hair from your bangs might have discharged your body to the shower head.
This would be highly unlikely and probably couldn't be reproduced, but if you saw it...
2007-05-24 07:07:11 · answer #2 · answered by Piglet O 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-09-05 09:56:37 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the blue color light is a mild lightning through the open window striking the shinny chromed shower head and discharge into the water (ground return), you did'nt got burnt because it was a mild lighning strike.
2007-05-24 07:10:39 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am not sure as i have not experienced it that much in size but i think it is a static shock that you got. try this link for a brief description
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrostatic
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Static_electricity#.27Static.27_electricity
but the light or the ray that you can even be some reflection of light which you suddenly saw. that has happened to me earlier :)
2007-05-24 03:11:55 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
your hair was cold and in the worm water it created static electricity
2007-05-27 11:58:35 · answer #6 · answered by Emma Rose 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋