is it true that no 2 lightning can fall at a same place...
2006-10-25 16:51:19 · 17 answers · asked by pat 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Weather
neah...
about 200 lightnings strike the Empire state building...per yr
the same is true abt varios sky-scrapers... 'coz they r nearer to the sky...u got it..
2006-10-25 17:03:24 · answer #1 · answered by slimy dude 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No,
lightning will often strike the same place many times as some places, such as lightning rods on tall buildings, develop a high potential easily.
It's been noted that a person who is struck by lightning and lives, for some reason becomes more prone to being struck again in the future. One man was struck by lightning nine times and lived and after his death (he commited suicide), his tombstone was struck twice.
2006-10-26 05:22:45 · answer #2 · answered by minuteblue 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I remember reading in one of Ripleys Believe it or Not books that the Empire State Building gets struck by lightning many times each year. Because lightning really originates from the ground upwards, high buildings are very prone to being hit (the visible stroke, however, usually is cloud to ground or cloud to cloud). So, lightning can and does strike the same place more than once.
2006-10-25 23:57:10 · answer #3 · answered by David A 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
it may not be possible for 2 lightnings to fall at the same place simultaneously but there is a certain possibility of lightning to appear at the same place more than once.
2006-10-26 01:30:44 · answer #4 · answered by viddu 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The probability is extremely low depending on the area of the lightning clouds, and it would have to be conducted by a high structure or a metallic pole or something of the sort. Some locations are more prone to attract lightning than others, thus giving them that much of a higher chance of it actually happening. I've never seen it happen myself.
2006-10-26 00:00:02 · answer #5 · answered by "Teh" Leester 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
lightning can strike many times in the same place. They're called lightning rods.
2006-10-26 19:00:41 · answer #6 · answered by JEREMY 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As unlikely as it may seem, yes lightning can strike twice. In fact, it can strike twice in fairly rapid succession.
You see, lightning does not strike from the cloud to the ground, but in fact the "ground" sends out "feelers" allowing the excess electricity in the cloud to strike the ground. Certain areas are more prone to sending out these "feeler" and thus lightning strikes more often.
2006-10-26 00:44:38 · answer #7 · answered by jbgot2bfree 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think that is true. Lightning has hit my satellite dish three times and my house twice. It has also hit a tree in my yard twice. Every time it storms now, I run and hide in the closet with the pillows over my head.
2006-10-25 23:57:48 · answer #8 · answered by Rita 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's theoretically possible that lighting cannot strike the same place twice. However, it is unproven. You would have to monitor every strike of lighting in the world forever to know if it's true. But there's no rule that says it couldn't happen.
2006-10-25 23:53:39 · answer #9 · answered by bluasakura 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
innumerable lightning can fall at one place
2006-10-27 08:17:55 · answer #10 · answered by leena_070586 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋