If the power is still on in a house that is flooded and someone walks in the water, why/how are they not electrocuted?

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I keep seeing videos of people coming home to a burst pipe or the neighbors above them having a flood. The water pours down from the ceiling and from the light fixtures (lights are on), but the people walking around the house don’t get electrocuted.

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They are! Or at least they can be. This is one of the greatest dangers when you walk into a flooded basement. I mean, it can be that the circuit breakers already switched the current off, but I wouldn’t bet my life on it.

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