27 Aug 2024

Shower Thoughts: How do I protect myself from lightning?

From Nights, 9:15 pm on 27 August 2024

Have you ever been standing in the shower, when suddenly, the noise in your brain clears and, in its place, appears the perfect thought?

That's a Shower Thought, and RNZ's Nights is aiming to answer those unshakeable questions lurking in the back of your mind.

Tonight's question: How do I protect myself from lightning?

Professor Craig Rodger is from the Space Physics Group at the University of Otago and has been involved with the Worldwide Lightning Location Network.

He joins Emile Donovan.

Lightning hits Sky Tower  - 29 May

Photo: Supplied / Mark Newton