Lighting is electricity, as electric tension builds up, it wants to discharge via the earth. Air has a very very large resistant so electricity searches the shortest route to the ground, as the Empire State Building is one of the highest buildings in it's vicinity, lighting often travels via it.
a lightning pole
Olympas...or the empire state building.
so that when the lightning strikes it makes the lightning not burn the tower.
Empire State Building
really, really long :)
On the 600th floor of The Empire State Building in New York City, NY.
Attracting lightning to stop it from electrocuting people.
because it has a lightning rod
She is struck by lightning around 300 times each year.about 300 times a yearNo doubt. It is to be expected for something that tall.
The Empire State Building is struck by lightning about 25 times per year on average. With its height and location in a lightning-prone area, it acts as a lightning rod and is well-equipped to handle these strikes.
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Yes, take the Empire State Building, it gets hit by lightning hundreds of times a year.