does lightning strike twice?

Answer 1

Yep. And more than twice, in some cases.

Answer 2

There is an old saying that "lightning never strikes in the same place twice." This was actually allegorical in meaning; that is, it means that extreme events of good or ill fortune rarely repeat themselves in a person's life. For example, a person rarely gets in trouble for the same crime twice, gets hurt in a relationship twice in the same way, or wins the lottery twice.

If you ask me, that's just as silly as the literal interpretation of the saying. Lots of people are repeat offenders before the law and have the same kind of love troubles over and over.

And there are cases of people winning the lottery more than once.

As far as actual lightning goes, of course it strikes in the same place again very frequently. Tall structures are fitted with lightning protection equipment as a matter of course. The taller the structure, the more often it gets hit.

Answer 3

Lightning can strike the same place several times. Some objects attract it. Other times it's an occurance that is rather rare, but those who say 'lightning never strikes the same place twice' don't know what they are talking about.

Answer 4

Story of a Man Who Was Struck By Lightning 7 Times

Date: 27 Apr 2007 | Views: 806


US Park Ranger Roy C. Sullivan from Virginia holds the record for the person most times struck by lightning - and living to tell the tale. Between 1942 and 1983, Roy has the dubious distinction of being struck by lightning seven times. He was known as the Human Lightning Rod.

The first lightning strike in 1942 happened as he was working up in a lookout tower and the lighting bolt shot through his leg and knocked his big toenail off.

In 1969 while he was driving along a mountain road a second strike burned off his eyebrows and knocked him unconscious. Another strike just a year later, while he was walking across his yard to get the mail, left his shoulder seared.

He was standing in the office at the ranger station in 1972 when lightning set his hair on fire and Roy had to throw a bucket of water over his head to cool off. A year later, after his hair had grown back, a lightning bolt ripped through his hat and hit him on the head, setting his hair on fire again. It threw him out of his truck, knocked his left shoe off and seared his legs. A sixth strike hit him in 1976 while he was checking on a campsite, injuring his ankle.

The last lightning bolt to hit Roy in 1977 happened while he was fishing. It sent him to hospital with chest and stomach burns.

Roy Sullivan was never killed by lighting - he committed suicide while in his 70's in 1983 reportedly distraught over the loss of a woman.

Answer 5

Not only twice, but thousands of times every day.

Or perhaps you meant to ask something a little more specific. But, yeah, lightning can and has struck the same place twice...especially tall things like skyscrapers and radio towers.

Answer 6

Yes it does. Actually some food for thought it strikes from the ground up as well.

Answer 7

Yes twice plus.

Answer 8

Yes and many more times than you'd care to think about. Almost hit me on those occasions too. Recently hit the pc and power supply, next time it'll be best to turn off and/or I'm outa here.

Answer 9

Twice in the same place you mean? Yeah, the Eiffle tower is hit hundreds of time every year...

Answer 10

Of course. That is why buildings have lightning conductors.

Answer 11

The Empire State Building in NYC has been hit many times.