Yes I’ve heard this, but I was wondering how factually true it is. I’ve never heard of this happening to anyone throughout my life. Seems like a great fear tool just to keep scaring people.

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I'm being facetious, of course. If your shower has a cold water pipe involved somewhere, its made of metal and in intimate contact with the ground. Cold water pipes are such good earths its common to earth ham radio equipment to them, to get the last little extra bit of sensitivity. Lightning is never going to choose you as a current path over a cold water pipe. If lightning literally struck your shower head, it would still take the cold water path to ground. You'd likely be defeated and spattered the molten metal, though...