Why doesn't lighting strike twice in the same place?
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Yeah, it does...The truth is, lightning tries to find the shortest distance to ground (The Earth). Although the odds are favorable that lightning won't strike the same place twice, there is nothing in nature to prevent it. It can strike 3 or 4 times in the same spot.
123908
I have no idea why, but looking at a bright light (such as the sun) usually works.
903257
Both at the same time!, lightning has been photgraphed heading upwards from trees, at the same time leaders head downwards as well, where they meet a lightning strike occours.\n\nThats why when you are out in the open during a storm and feel your hair standing on end - panic and get down, a leader may be leaving your head!
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You have to turn one light on for a while so that it'll warm up, turn it off and then turn another light on. then you can go into the room and feel the two unlit bulbs - whichever one is warm is the first one. The lit bulb is the second and the cold bulb is the third\n\n=)
1134678
I'm not an expert but normally you have both on the screen at the same time, and you use the "move" tool to drag one on top of the other.  It makes another layer.
472973
Lighting can travel ground to cloud, cloud to ground or cloud to cloud
470416
The only reason the empire state building is struck so many times, is because it is taller than everything else and due to the fact of it having a very thin point, a large amount of positive atoms congregate at this point and since the lightning is negatively charged atoms its is attracted to this point.  If you talking about it hitting the ground on the same spot then it is possible i think, i am not to sure but it is highly unlikely though.
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hey m8, go for it, lightening doesnt strike in the same place twice..u have yr chance with him, sm one else will too.\nwen love comes knocking on yr front door, dont wait till it goes out thru the bac door. act wen u can. after all it doesnt decrease, in size, volume, its alwaz the same watever times u get laid...heheh
337135
It is because of the air bending the light slightly. Its the same as shining a light through water, but the effects are less pronounced.
176642
about the same as getting struck by lightning twice during the same storm.
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It used to be like that with fluorescent lights only, but not anymore.  See this article.\n\nhttp://www.eweb.org/business/energy/energysmart/ebd/9811/lighting_myth.htm
388125
A rainbow occurs when sunlight passes through sheets of falling rain which act as a prism to separate the light into it's full spectrum of colors. A double rainbow occurs when there are multiple sheets of rain that are perhaps angled slightly differently. One sheet of rain bends the light into one rainbow, the other sheet of rain bends the light in a slightly different path to create a second prismatic display. \n\nBasically, it is like haveing one light source (the sun) and two separate prisms set next to each other, but at slightly different angle giving you two separate spectra or rainbows.\n\nDouble rainbows are very cool indeed. I saw one last summer!
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It is just a kind of proverb... meaning two unlikely events will hardly happen in a row.\n\nBut in fact, it is a very serious misconception! Lightning is VERY likely to strike the same place twice, because it likes to strike high grounded objects and there's not really many of them. Also, lightning ionizes the air, making it easier to breakdown in the same place.
74378
sounds like there is a faulty ground somewhere in the system.  have there been any recent lightning strikes (could cause an intermittent short).  Also, be sure to verify that you have a good earth ground inside your house.
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The UV light has a cycle time that is faster than your eye can detect. Your computer monitor also has a refresh time, again, way too fast for you to see. But if the 2 times line up, it looks like your computer screen is flashing and you can just barely detect it. Highly annoying! Get a regular light bulb lamp for your computer room and leave the flourescent off- that should take care of it.
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This is cause by a blackhole that is inhabiting your shadow. The gravitational force of the blackhole sucks the light from street lamps and causes a temporary popped circuit. Once you pass the light should come on after the breaker cools.\n\nWhat is unfortunate is that SLIders have a negative effect on traffic lights and sometimes actaully make the red lights last longer or the green lights shorter. Oddly SLIders have no effect on yellow lights whatsoever.
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Theoretically, the probability is no different than before.  What might be the reasoning behind this is that people struck by lightning might generally subject themselves to conditions that would make them more likely to be struck overall, which increases the probability of being struck again.\n\nHypothetical example:  Let's say that a golfer is struck by lightning.   Even after his (or her) death-defying experience, they still play golf and still play-through when a thunderstorm approaches.  Their odds haven't changed, but they choose to continue to put themselves in higher risk conditions which will overall increase their probability of being struck.