2006-10-04 08:47:59 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Weather
First off, who is "they"? Second, this is a fallacy, lightning can and does strike twice in the same place. In fact, if you study the nature of lightning, many times what you think is only one strike is several strikes at the same location.
2006-10-04 08:52:22 · answer #1 · answered by William E 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I can say from experience that it is not true.
I was on a camping trip and witnessed lightning strike the same tree twice within 30 minutes.
It's kind of a funny story. There was a tent under the tree. The first strike knocked a branch off and it landed directly on top of the tent between the occupants (they better be glad they weren't on top of one another...). Thinking that lightning never strikes twice in the same place they decided to ride out the storm. Less than half an hour later lightning struck the same tree. I have never seen two people move faster to throw all of their junk in the truck and get the heck out of dodge!
2006-10-04 08:53:20 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The saying "lightning never strikes twice in the same place" is false. The Empire State Building is struck by lightning on average 100 times each year, and was once struck 15 times in 15 minutes.
2006-10-04 08:49:13 · answer #3 · answered by DanE 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's just a saying. Lightning certainly can strike twice in the same spot. For example, a mountain climber was killed during a lightning storm when his group was on the summit of Half Dome in Yosemite National Park some years back. Lightning struck the small enclosure they were in repeatedly. Once climber was hit and he fell to his death off the face of Half Dome.
2006-10-04 08:52:52 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The statement is false it does strike twice in the same spot
2006-10-04 08:57:11 · answer #5 · answered by theprettypoolplayer 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It does so if they know that they are wrong.
Tall places like the Empire State Building in NYC get thousands of lightning strikes each year. They have been recorded photographically. People who live in bad lightning areas like Florida and Kansas see a lot of the same places (not very tall places) always getting hit by lightning. When we put in radio towers in places like that, lightning strikes are a repetitive factor that needs careful consideration in grounding the towers and the antenna cables
2006-10-04 08:53:06 · answer #6 · answered by Rich Z 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's just a cliche. The Empire State Building in New York City gets struck 20-something times per year.
2006-10-04 08:50:36 · answer #7 · answered by Oklahoman 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wrong. It can strike in the same spot
2006-10-04 08:50:16 · answer #8 · answered by Taylor29 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
they do not know, it's an old wives tale but not a good one.
lightning often strikes on the same spot, precisedly because it is a more favourable spot.
2006-10-04 09:01:32 · answer #9 · answered by AntoineBachmann 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It can strike twice in the same place. It is just unlikely. Many sayings aren't exactly accurate. This is one.
2006-10-04 08:50:08 · answer #10 · answered by Here Today 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋