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Nawaoo. Me ones rain dey fall Na to switch to neutral immediately. I have kids that don't know the effect of thunder and lightning

Happened to me once. Almost couldn't pul the phone off my ear again. Please stop charging and making calls.

babatees:
Poor electrical grounding work on the building probably no thunder arrester installed
Even though it is wrong to use the phone while charging it, the building was surely poorly protected from lightning.
Such as sad event, God console the family of the deceased

You are very correct. Poor or failed earthing is the cause of the accident.

Parrot69:
Nawa o!
Police wan do forensic analysis for Thunder wey strike person?
Who are they going to call for questioning?
Sango or Ogun??

What you don't know you don't know. With humans, there is always a possibility of foul play.

Maybe he stole the phone,and they sent thunder to whole stole the phone

occfx:
Unfortunately, autopsy in Nigeria is rocket science. It's possible to electrocute someone through the socket but that's rare. There are earth links in the sockets so how come? Well, in Nigeria anything can happen

Possible the hostel is not peoplerly built. It might not be earthed ie grounded. Most houses I hear these days do not have grounding or arresting rods to protect the buildings from lighting strikes.
As you said, this is Nigeria, anything happens. Check my post of how bullet came through my roof and pierced my sleeping childs bed narrowing missing her.
This mods did not consider it worthy of being moved to front page, in short it is a normal occurrence not worth mentioning.

MadamExcellency:
Is 220 volts running through domestic sockets that dangerous to electrocute a full conscious person not immersed in water?



She was killed by lightning storm run through the conductor and not the charger or whatever because the metal door or window will still transfer the ultra high voltage.

You definitely don’t know what you’re talking about. Google is your friend you know? Do you know why buildings are mandated to have lightning conductors especially in Europe and US? We rarely have such here in Africa because of ignorance and negligence. It doesn’t matter if there’s light when lightning strikes but if there isn’t a conductor to absorb it, any electrical appliances becomes a conductor and if you’re unlucky to touch it, you’ll suffer mild to serious electrocution. It happened to me once when I was working on my laptop while there was no light and it was raining. My pregnant wife was sleeping with her head on my back when lightning struck, it wasn’t funny at all. Nah God save us that day

DMCY:
Main reason I always put my phone on airplane mode to avoid stories that touches the heart and takes the soul to perpetual obscurity

How will flight mode save you? Lighting runs through anything that conductor electricity or charges. If that building has no Lighting arrestor, the Lighting will rin through the conductors within that building .

Airplane mood for what actually?

DMCY:
Main reason I always put my phone on airplane mode to avoid stories that touches the heart and takes the soul to perpetual obscurity

I guess God really saved me that year for Nsukka when lighting struck my room and I had Nokia Symbian phone in my hand.....and the lighting slapped it out of my hand...
The night prior to that Sunday morning(Saturday night)I was washing the dishes right in front of my room whilst it was raining using the rain water... 5 minutes later, a lighting struck the spot where I was doing the washing.
When I posted it on my fb... my corper friend saw the post n commented na because u no go church

I nor understand this your explanation.

Eazie351:
Almost had this same experience years ago although in my situation, there was no light but i left the laptop i was using plugged to the socket.

I was shockingly shocked

Celestialsword:
Whenever there's heavy rainfall accompany by a thunderstorm,it is safe to off all electrical appliances to avert lightening strike.

To a large extent this is true, but as long as u have conductors around the building, even if you switch off the power source, extreme voltage can still run through the house during thunderstorm and lightning, That's why it's best to have thunder arrestors on top of buildings that'll absorb it straight into the earth. Thunder arrestors are quite expensive that's why lots of buildings don't have them. Also, buildings should have good earthing system. . And I am talking from experience.

So if the phone is plugged to an extension and not direct to the socket, its safe to use the phone as its charging during rainfall?

codemaniacs:
When its raining especially rain accompanied by lightning strikes just unplug your or use power bank because if lightning hits your roof or somewhere close to where you're plugged in without extension plug then you can be electrocuted while holding a device thats plugged in..

So how can a building be protected from lighting?

babatees:
Poor electrical grounding work on the building probably no thunder arrester installed
Even though it is wrong to use the phone while charging it, the building was surely poorly protected from lightning.
Such as sad event, God console the family of the deceased

Tinubuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu

R.I.P bro.... We love 💕 you

Nawa o

Love800:
So if the phone is plugged to an extension and not direct to the socket, its safe to use the phone as its charging during rainfall?

No its not safe.

Lightning strike has spoilt my fan while it was plugged to an extension. The plug where the fan was plugged to in the extension also burnt but other plugs in the extension still work and it was also connected to a wall guard.

This is sad. We can't be careful enough. It is just the mercy of God.

End time plugged phone

daylae:
To a large extent this is true, but as long as u have conductors around the building, even if you switch off the power source, extreme voltage can still run through the house during thunderstorm and lightning, That's why it's best to have thunder arrestors on top of buildings that'll absorb it straight into the earth. Thunder arrestors are quite expensive that's why lots of buildings don't have them. Also, buildings should have good earthing system. . And I am talking from experience.

It means one should stay away from conductors at home when it rains heavily like( metal door knob,iron protectors,pots,spoons aluminium plates and cups) I am also thinking that his phone doesn't have a pouch. Phone pouch apart from adding beauty to the phone also serves as insulator

Natbrowny:
University of Ilesa?
Was there a change of name of a school in Osun state recently - ilesa precisely abi na new University

Yea,it was college before change to University

NinjaMetahuman:
thunder carries high voltage.

High voltage kills.

lightning not thunder. Thunder is just ordinary sound. It's the sound of lightning.

Na why nepa dey like take light when rain dey fall

Love800:
So how can a building be protected from lighting?

They will install a thunder arrestor in the building.

They should investigate that death properly.

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Xannadu:
Well, they said he was playing a game, not making a call. In this country where there's hardly any electricity to charge the phone, one can't really be blamed for using it while being charged in the few hours of the day that power is available.

In matters like this the manufacturer of that brand of phone can be sued in other countries but here we just blame the victim (e.g. a car brakes fail, we automatically assume the driver was overspeeding.)

Driver was speeding, not overspeeding. Btw, how can a driver OVERspeed? That's impossible.

Is that the entrance of the university or what

NinjaMetahuman:
thunder carries high voltage.

High voltage kills.

It's the lightening that discharges electric current (electricity)through a CONDUCTOR e.g metal,humans, earth.

The flow of electrons in a conductor is known as ELECTRIC CURRENT while the force required to make that current flow through the conductor is known as VOLTAGE.

Lifestone:
I have always been curious about this. I hope someone here can provide scientific explanation not all these fallacy

Lightning carries up to 30,000 Amps of current.
When there is a strike, it discharges into power lines and causes a surge. Remember that power lines are not insulated (naked wires).
The surge flows through the wirings In a house and onto any appliance that is connected at that time.
A typical phone charger carries 3 - 5 amps of current which is enough to cause cardiac arrest and stop the heart from beating.
It is safest to unplug all appliances during a thunderstorm.
Several warnings have been put out there but people still refuse to listen.
It's unfortunate the guy died that way.
May his soul rest in peace.

Odebayo4010:
Yea,it was college before change to University

Thanks for this information. Naija too big. Person no fit get all infos

Xannadu:
Well, they said he was playing a game, not making a call. In this country where there's hardly any electricity to charge the phone, one can't really be blamed for using it while being charged in the few hours of the day that power is available.

In matters like this the manufacturer of that brand of phone can be sued in other countries but here we just blame the victim (e.g. a car brakes fail, we automatically assume the driver was overspeeding.)

What would you sue the manufacturer for?