January 08, 2004
Ask Jen Pete
Paige has a friend who wonders if is dangerous to take a shower during a thunderstorm. My first impression was to agree with him that it is nonsense. Unless, of course, you are a nature type who likes to use an outdoor shower. However after reading the wonderfully paranoid site Thunder Storm Safety I have to wonder. Of course the type of person who worries about getting electrocuted in the shower during a thunderstorm is probably paranoid about a lot of things and it’s a wonder that they ever leave the house. Personally I wouldn’t worry about it, if it’s your time to go you are going to go and it doesn’t matter where you are when it happens. I see that he is from Rochester so if I were his firend, I would worry more about getting buried in a snowdrift or hypothermia.
Posted by Pete at January 8, 2004 06:05 AMTweet
The chance is quite remote, but while getting my PhD in Physics, a friend was studying lightning strikes, and as I recall, from the data he collected, no one who read his paper would take a shower in a thunderstorm again. Of course he was not in Physics, but we did not hold that against him. : )
Posted by: Jay at January 8, 2004 07:02 AMYour second sentence is incorrect, and I demand a correction, or I shall have to summon the blog police. The word "her" should be replaced by the word "him". Similar corrections are required elsewhere in the article.
Thanks. :-)
Posted by: Paige at January 8, 2004 11:51 AMsorry about that. Fixed
Posted by: Pete at January 8, 2004 12:00 PMBah, showers do too electrocute people! I came here googling for an answer, because the past few days, I've taken a shower, and the stupid metal handles and head shocks me. Lovely, eh.
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