Is it safe to use earbuds during thunderstroms?
My elders always told me not to use earphones or earbuds during thunderstroms because you could hit by lighting.
I wonder is this true? 🤔
I wonder is this true? 🤔
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There are some people who grew up in the far distant past, when their own houses were not grounded. My mother was one of those, and just mindlessly repeated to me whatever her own mother had told her.
"Don't stand near open windows during a thunder and lightning storm."
"Never take a bath or a shower during a thunder and lightning storm."
"Don't watch television during a thunder and lightning storm."
"Turn off all appliances that are running during a thunder and lightning storm."
The things that were true before ground rods, grounding wires and grounding electrical plugs came into being are no longer true.
However, if you are driving and you hit a downed electrical wire during a lightning storm, the only way you will stay alive is to sit perfectly still and touch nothing inside the car.
Regarding what your elders told you, lighting actually could strike you if you are standing in an open metal screened doorway inside your house, (saw it on true stories of lightning strikes)...or if you stand under a tree in the rain...and then the lightning would pretty much have to hit you square on the head to fry you through the earbuds and headphones.
"Don't stand near open windows during a thunder and lightning storm."
"Never take a bath or a shower during a thunder and lightning storm."
"Don't watch television during a thunder and lightning storm."
"Turn off all appliances that are running during a thunder and lightning storm."
The things that were true before ground rods, grounding wires and grounding electrical plugs came into being are no longer true.
However, if you are driving and you hit a downed electrical wire during a lightning storm, the only way you will stay alive is to sit perfectly still and touch nothing inside the car.
Regarding what your elders told you, lighting actually could strike you if you are standing in an open metal screened doorway inside your house, (saw it on true stories of lightning strikes)...or if you stand under a tree in the rain...and then the lightning would pretty much have to hit you square on the head to fry you through the earbuds and headphones.