Myths · 2026-10-11
Lightning DOES strike twice
The Professor says
Lightning never strikes the same place twice.
Fact Check
It does, and often. Tall, pointed and isolated objects get hit again and again, sometimes more than once in a single storm. Lightning does not avoid places it has already hit.
Sources
US National Weather Service, Live Science (lightning expert Martin Uman, University of Florida)
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