When I was a young kid I always heard it was dangerous to take a shower during a storm. I always thought it was a joke. How could someone get electrocuted taking a shower? As I got older I realized it’s true. We have several pipes running to our homes under ground and we have live wires attached to our homes. Here is what happened when Myth Busters tested the myth:

Explanation: Water, water everywhere, but not a drop to … shower in? The National Weather Service urges the public to avoid hopping in the shower during a lightning storm in the event that a bolt strikes one of your home’s water pipes and electrifies your bathroom.

MythBusters Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage took that weather alert to task and constructed a makeshift house, complete with grounded plumbing. Then, they doused it with simulated lightning in an electricity testing facility to find out whether the voltage really could leap from the sky to the shower.

Since the MythBusters were shy about showering on camera, they hired a stand-in: a ballistics gel dummy that had roughly the same electrical conductivity as the human body. To screen for a fatal lightning strike, the dummy wore a heart monitor. The 700,000 volts of fake lightning indeed arced onto the water pipes and jumped to the shower, causing a fire.

source: http://www.discovery.com/tv-shows/mythbusters/mythbusters-database/shower-in-thunderstorm/

LIGHTNING SAFETY TIPS

http://www.nws.noaa.gov/os/lightning/resources/lightning-safety.pdf

When I became a Plumber I knew I was going to see good and bad. I always see my customers recycle, plant, and go the extra mile to conserve water, and I love it. A lot of people think that being a Plumber is just a job, it’s not. A Plumber’s number one duty is to “Protect the Health of the Nation”. It is my job to make sure we have Clean Water. Today, being Earth Day it is my responsibility to share with everyone simple ways to save and protect our Planet Earth.

Planet Earth gives us so much. We don’t have another Planet, so we need to protect the one we have. I want to make sure my son and hopefully grandchildren get to enjoy this gorgeous Planet that gives us everything that we need to survive. We all need to be a “little more green”. Below is a list I put together that should get you started.

**I was planning on planting a tree with my son today, since I won’t be home till late, we will go ahead and donate to www.EarthDay.org to plant a tree on his behalf. Follow the Link below to contribute and make a difference.