is there a scientific reason not to shower during a thunderstorm?
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When lightning strikes near your house it energizes the ground around the strike with upwards of 50 million volts. The voltage dissipates fairly quickly around the strike. The reason to stand with your feet together is the differential in voltage just over a couple feet can be enough if you are standing with your feet apart to kill you should lightning strike close to you. If you are in the shower a lightning strike close to your water line will bring that current directly to the shower since the copper pipes will conduct electricity without dissipating.
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