Does lightning strike from the ground up.?

Answer 1

The cloud bottom carries a negative charge. Positive charges may collect on the ground, buildings, boat masts, people, flagpoles, mountaintops, or trees.
A stepped leader—a negative electrical charge made of zig-zagging segments, or steps—comes partway down from the cloud. The steps are invisible; each one is about 150 feet long.

When the stepped leader gets within 150 feet of a positive charge, a streamer (surge of positive electricity) rises to meet it. The leader and the streamer make a channel.

An electrical current from an object on the ground surges upward through the channel. It touches off a bright display called a return stroke.

Answer 2

One of a few ways: 1) from the ground up 2) between the clouds and the ground, and goes both ways 3) some lightning never strikes the ground at all - it goes between clouds Interestingly, when watched in slow motion, lightning looks like it comes down from the clouds. This is called the "return stroke." It produces the light, but is techniquely only a followup to the strike.

Answer 3

Yes it does...
It just moves so fast that it looks like it's strinking from the sky
But electricity's goal is to stay in the ground...
So that's why the neat color effect happens

Answer 4

hello this is kat from Tn and the answer is yes lightning stikes from the ground up.

Answer 5

Not 100% percent of the time but most of the time yes it does.

Answer 6

yes

Answer 7

yes

Answer 8

True Blue has it right.Can't do any better.

Answer 9

yes, it can

Answer 10

it does sometimes.