Rain - Fast or slow?

What about the myth that Lightning never strikes in the same place twice. I think it's false, because lightning tends to be unpredictable and random during a thunderstorm.

As far as I know, there is no logical reason why lightning couldn't strike the same place twice. It might be unlikely, but it's certainly not impossible.

hence why it's a myth

This is something I found on weatherimagery.com


"A popular myth is that lightning cannot strike the same place twice, but nothing could be further from the truth. Lightning does, can and will strike the same exact place more than once. It doesn’t have a memory, and if an object has been struck once, it is no less likely to be struck a second time. If you don’t believe me, just ask some of the employees at Cape Canaveral in Florida. The shuttle launch pad gets hit time and time again, sometimes more than once in the same storm. How about the Empire State Building in New York city which gets struck by lightning about 25 times each year. Even Roy Sullivan was struck by lightning 7 times!"

So, I do believe that this is a myth.

The possibility of the same place being struck by lightning twice is 1 out of 1, imo. Although lightning strikes a small fraction of the earth's crust annually, over countless millenia I'm sure every piece of earth has been struck.

I wonder what kind of damage has been caused by simple lightning strikes
Fires could flame up, people could be injured, etc. etc.

Many things can happen. Lightning strikes are a cause for concern in undeground mines. The lightning can penetrate deep into sealed off oldworks, which have high methane levels.

The lightning can penetrate deep into sealed off oldworks, which have high methane levels.

Really? Wow, I did not know that. Lightning is extremly powerful.

Yes, lightning can also cause great things in the earth it hits. If it hits certain types of soil (sandy I guess) it can cause the formation of a glass-like substance in the shape of the lightning strike. It looks like the roots from a tree and is pretty cool.