2007-01-11 00:14:55 · 19 answers · asked by MrMysterious 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Weather
yes.
2007-01-11 00:18:36 · answer #1 · answered by raji t 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes, it is true that lightening never strikes a place more than once in a short duration of time. When a lightening strikes, electron transfer takes place between the charged up clouds and the object or place it strikes. Thus, it is unlikely for lightening to re-strike the same place again in a short duration due to neutralization of the charges. Though after, say a very long time, the same place or object might get struck due to charge imbalances.
2007-01-11 00:28:44 · answer #2 · answered by nilayk 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No it is not true. For a start, each lightning strike is made up of three to twelve or so discharges along the same path. This is why lightning flickers. Apart from that, well earthed tall buildings have been struck several times during the one storm
2007-01-11 00:50:50 · answer #3 · answered by tentofield 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, lightning strikes the same place quite often- Empire State is a good example- St. Louis arch is another- I have seen it strike the same place on the arch many times within a few seconds.
2007-01-11 00:23:40 · answer #4 · answered by morlock825 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No.
Roy Cleveland Sullivan, for most of his life a forest ranger at Shenandoah National Park, Virginia. He was struck seven times:
While in a lookout tower in 1942.
While driving in 1969.
While walking across his front yard in 1970.
While standing in a ranger station in 1972.
While on patrol in the park in 1973.
While checking a campground in 1974.
While fishing in 1977.
Roy suffered assorted losses during these encounters: toenails, eyebrows, hair, and eventually his nerve. After the fourth incident he started to believe some higher power was trying to kill him, according to a 1989 St. Petersburg Times article; the fifth time came after he tried unsuccessfully to outrun a cloud he thought was following him. Given that, ignoring Bayesian considerations, the chances of being struck seven times in your life are about 1 in 1.6 times 10 to the 25th power, you can't blame him for a little paranoia. Lightning didn't end up killing Roy, though — he took his own life at age 71.
2007-01-11 00:46:34 · answer #5 · answered by the_lipsiot 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
False, in natural conditions, it can strike twice do to intense pressure in one area of the atmosphere defining the path of the lightening bolt.
2007-01-11 00:24:11 · answer #6 · answered by Luis U 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes
2007-01-14 15:51:38 · answer #7 · answered by Nithish A Thomas 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
NO!!!!!!!! lightening can strike the same place multiple times
2007-01-14 14:53:28 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No Lighting hast strike things more then once
2007-01-11 00:23:05 · answer #9 · answered by MJane21 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No! It strikes wherever it finds a least resistant path to ground!
2007-01-11 00:23:51 · answer #10 · answered by Jcontrols 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To check play golf in bad weather with umbrella drawn. You may be true ha ha ha.
2007-01-11 00:35:16 · answer #11 · answered by kuku p 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋