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It is not safe to take a shower during a thunderstorm, and major health and safety agencies actively recommend against it.

Why it’s not safe

• Lightning can travel through plumbing if it strikes your home or nearby, moving along metal pipes and water to you in the shower.

• Even with plastic pipes, water itself conducts electricity, so the risk is reduced but not gone.

• The CDC specifically says to avoid all water during a thunderstorm: no showering, bathing, washing dishes, or washing hands.

In other words, being indoors helps, but it does not make water-based activities “lightning-proof.”

What to do instead

• Wait at least 30 minutes after the last clap of thunder before showering or bathing.

• During the storm, also avoid:
  • Contact with sinks and other plumbing.

* Corded phones and wired electronics (lightning can travel through wiring too).

How risky is it really?

• Direct lightning strikes to people in showers are uncommon, but when they happen, injuries can be severe because the current has a direct path through water and your body.

• Safety agencies treat it as a preventable risk: if you can easily delay a shower, you should.

Forum and “trending topic” angle

This question pops up a lot on forums and Q&A sites, and you’ll often see people say “I’ve done it for years and I’m fine” versus others citing official guidance and choosing to wait. The expert and agency consensus, as of the latest guidance, is clear: it’s better to skip the shower until the storm has fully passed.

TL;DR: No, it is not considered safe to shower during a thunderstorm; wait until at least 30 minutes after the last thunder before using the shower or any running water.

Information gathered from public forums or data available on the internet and portrayed here.