My second encounter with a bath blast

I was all sweaty after spending hours looking for Rosie so after we found her, I just had to take a bath.

There was a thunderstorm at the time. I knew, but I was careless and proceeded to take a shower.

Within seconds after turning on the shower, there was thunder and in that split second, I saw a spark come out of a hairline gap of the shower and felt a shock in my arm. Automatically, I flung the shower down.

Oh no, another bath blast…again. But this seemed milder than the previous one in 2014.

Second time lucky. I survived it.

lightning

This was my first encounter with a bath blast in May 2014:

Keep yourself and your pets safe from “Bath Blasts”!

More on the “bath blasts”

For about half an hour after that, I felt slight numbness in my right arm and on the right side of my fact.

But I was okay after that.

Hopefully, never again.

 

 

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3 responses to “My second encounter with a bath blast”

  1. jasmine

    Thank goodness you are alright! Hopefully, never again. Gosh!

  2. Yen Ling

    Oh my. I remember this and the best thing is to join the cats on the couch during a thunderstorm. Any chance of checking the house / electrical set of the shower to avoid this?

  3. chankahyein

    Thanks, Jasmine and Yen Ling. I think Subang Jaya is just too prone to lightning strikes. Perhaps we could consider installing a lightning arrestor….