# lightning

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lightning/659168>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [May 23, 2013, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lightning/659168 "2013-05-23T22:10:10Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![stosh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@stosh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stosh)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2013, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lightning/659168/1 "2013-05-23T22:10:10Z")

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I do my exercising at an indoor pool. It’s in a collage and is it safe during a thunder storm.

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**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2013, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lightning/659168/2 "2013-05-23T22:35:33Z")

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advice from government agencies is to not be in contact with plumbing.

i know of health clubs with indoor pools close the pool during thunder storms.

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**Author:** ![moriah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b2d939/32.png) [@moriah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moriah)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2013, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lightning/659168/3 "2013-05-24T01:02:31Z")

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Because plumbing and water conduct electricity, It is not safe in a collage nor a montage.

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