The Met Office recommend against the usage of taps in to wash hands during thunder and lightning storm.
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As lightning strikes, it would try to look for things, such as metal, that can turn into a conductor, as it moves toward ground level.
It doesn’t take a prodigy to figure out that the piping of some house are metal, concluding that lightning is attracted towards them.
As our water is not 100% natural and there are numerous impurities which can also aid in conduction of electricity – additional amassing the risk of shock.
This means that turning on your tap, where the water has been charged with electricity, could see you killed.
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