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If water itself does not conduct electricity, then why is it dangerous to be in water during a thunderstorm OR use electricity in a bathtub?

If water itself does not conduct electricity, then why is it dangerous to be in water during a thunderstorm OR use electricity in a bathtub?
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If water itself does not conduct electricity, then why is it dangerous to be in water during a

thunderstorm OR use electricity in a bathtub?

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User Ayyoub ESSADEQ
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Electricity can flow through water (so don't swim with a toaster plugged in or at all)

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User Betseyb
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It’s a chemical reaction I guess? Or maybe it hits the water and unlike a solid and it being a liquid it goes into the water causing it to spread or something like that.
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