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Be more afraid of taking a shower or bath during a storm.
by sandworm101 2y ago
Be more afraid of taking a shower or bath during a storm.
- NoTeslaThrow 2y agoodd choice to be forced to make, but I would prefer being electrocuted to burning my face off.
- userbinator 2y agoLightning won't take a detour through you, it will follow the path of least resistance.
- sandworm101 2y agoYes but if you are covered in electrolyte and standing atop a well-grounded drain pipe, you may just be that path. Also, lighting is not simple mathematical electricity. It is subject to innumerable, even quantum, fluctuations at the precise moment it chooses to move. Lighting also partially creates its own path as it ionizes air/water into plasma. That's why bolts are jagged and not smooth beams between cloud and ground. It may or may not choose to go through or around you. It is best to avoid needing to ask such questions. https://youtube.com/shorts/dvVW1e_trW0 https://youtube.com/shorts/dvVW1e_trW0
- cwillu 2y ago“Path of least resistance” is a simplification of ohm's law, and that simplification simply isn't very relevant when dealing with voltages with 7-9 digits and tens of kiloamperes: at those voltages, even high impedance paths will have a non-trivial current (to lifeforms made of bags of saltwater). And don't forget that an instantaneous discharge of 10,000A will also create a tremendous magnetic field which will immediately collapse, creating voltages that will induce eddy currents in conductors (such as the aforementioned bags of saltwater) that are near the main current flow.
- aaron695 2y ago[dead]
- bookofjoe 2y ago>Why you should never take a shower during a thunderstorm https://www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/2025/04/22/showering-thunderstorm-lightning-electrocution/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/2025/04/22/showering... gift link: https://wapo.st/3GjjuO2 https://wapo.st/3GjjuO2
- BobaFloutist 2y agoWhile scrolling and charging your phone