Lightning can jump through windows, so keep your distance from them during storms! The second way lightning can enter a building is through pipes or wires. If the lightning strikes utility infrastructure, it can travel through those pipes or wires and enter your home that way.

Can lightning strike indoors?

Lightning is a very dangerous force that, yes, can even reach you indoors if you're in contact with the telephone or plumbing. ... Lightning has the ability to strike a house or near a house and impart an electrical charge to the metal pipes used for plumbing.

Is it dangerous to stand near a window during lightning?

Don't stand near a window to watch the lightning. ... If lightning does happen to hit it, the metal can conduct the electricity a long distance (even over 100 yards) and still electrocute you.