Lightning Strikes Twice: The Shocking Truth

Added: 2026-05-21

[00:00:00]Ever heard the saying lightning never strikes the same place twice?

[00:00:04]Let's flip that belief on its head. In reality, lightning is drawn to the tallest, most [music] conductive objects over and over again.

[00:00:13]The Empire State Building, for example, endures [music] about 20 lightning strikes each year.

[00:00:19]Lightning follows the path [music] of least resistance. So, if that path remains, so does the risk.

[00:00:26]The myth [music] persists because people assume rarity means impossibility. But in nature, patterns repeat. [music] Next storm, remember, lightning absolutely can and does strike twice.