• Question: Why does lightening never strike twice?

    Asked by deano to Ailsa, Evan, James, Kath, Ryan on 21 Jun 2011.
    • Photo: Evan Keane

      Evan Keane answered on 20 Jun 2011:

      It does though! Lightning does strike the same thing many times. That is what lightning rods on tall buildings are designed for – to be hit by lightning so that other things (like us!) are not. This is just a saying really which means you are unlikely to have a bad thing happen to you twice. 😀

    • Photo: Ailsa Powell

      Ailsa Powell answered on 20 Jun 2011:

      There’s no difference in the probability of lightening striking somewhere and the probability that it will strike the same place again.

    • Photo: Ryan Ladd

      Ryan Ladd answered on 21 Jun 2011:

      There are even people in the world that claim to have been struck by lightning more than once! I bet they don’t believe lightning never strikes twice. 😉

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