Does Lightning strike the same place twice?

Does Lightning strike the same place twice?

The old saying that 'lightning never strikes the same place twice' is another myth that any veteran storm observer or researcher has seen nature defy.

Lightning can strike any location more than once. In fact, given enough time, it is actually inevitable. Tall television towers and large skyscrapers are the most common places that lightning strikes recurrently.

It may take as little as less than ten minutes within a single thunderstorm, or longer than a million years - but lightning will eventually strike the same spot again and again.

A strike to any location does nothing to change the electrical activity in the storm above, which will produce another strike as soon as it 'recharges'. The previously hit location is then just as fair game for the next discharge as any other spot.

Tall television towers and large skyscrapers are the most common places that lightning strikes recurrently.

Debunked!