I was struck by lightning yesterday—and boy am I sore

Re:I was struck by lightning yesterday—and boy am I sore by legitsource on Thursday May 23, 2013 @05:33PM (#5759655)

A few years back, I was standing in a puddle in a shed plugging in a golf cart when lightning hit a few feet away from me. It was like a bomb going off, vaporizing sheets of drywall, turning the wooden beams into splinters, and blowing a chunk out of the concrete.

In the room upstairs, it melted a mirror and fried all the electrical devices. A monitor close by got a really neat wavy pattern like it was exposed to a magnet.

All in all, that was a terrible afternoon at work.

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Re:I was struck by lightning yesterday—and boy am I sore by defen on Thursday May 23, 2013 @06:00PM (#5759793)

Setting aside the lightning incident, would it be considered imprudent to plug in an electrical device while standing in water?

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Re:I was struck by lightning yesterday—and boy am I sore by legitsource on Friday May 24, 2013 @03:05PM (#5764704)

I was working at a golf course plugging a charging cord into a golf cart. There was at least a small puddle in that building 24/7.

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Re:I was struck by lightning yesterday—and boy am I sore by Kliment on Friday May 24, 2013 @02:26AM (#5761500)

If your socket has a ground fault interrupter, no. In every other case, yes.

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