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What are the odds of being struck by lightning while playing golf?
Your odds of being struck by lightning at any time is about 1 in 250,000. If you are playing golf and there is lightning, your odds drop to about 1 in 10,000.
Are there any mtyhs about ball lightning?
Are there any myths about ball lightning no there are not any myths about balls of lightning this is a true fact
Why lighting strike same spot twice?
Lightning commonly strikes the same place many times. Lightning is static electricity, generated in the collisions between the clouds. The lightning wants to ground itself by striking something with a good electrical pathway to the earth. That could be a tall tree, or a steeple, or a house chimney, or any tall object that will intercept the lightning strike and bring it to ground. Lightning will strike twice if the same place it struck before is still a good, high, electrical path to the ground, and if no better places have been built.
Why doesn't lightning hit a place twice?
This is not true. Some places have been hit many times. The Empire State Building, for example, is hit by lightning an average of 100 times per year. If you looked at it from a simple perspective, most spots are never hit by lightning, but one bolt does not affect the chances of another striking. So the chances of the same spot getting hit twice completely at random are extremely low. However, lightning is not completely random. Tall objects naturally attract lightning, so objects such as towers and mountains tend to be struck fairly frequently.
Is ball lightning killing people?
Yes it can, depending on the size and the actual intensity of electrical current going through it (in theory) but no reports have been released that ball lightning has caused any fatalities.
Can colored lightning harm people?
Anyone struck by lightning of any color can suffer harm.
What are the odds of being struck by lightning while playing golf?
Your odds of being struck by lightning at any time is about 1 in 250,000. If you are playing golf and there is lightning, your odds drop to about 1 in 10,000.
Can you get struck by lightning outside?
Yes. Outside is normally where that would happen. If you are inside, your house protects you from any direct lightning strike.
Is it true that if you get sruck by lightning you can see the future?
No, it is not true that getting struck by lightning can enable someone to see the future. Lightning strikes can cause severe injuries, including neurological damage, but they do not grant any supernatural abilities or powers. Any claims of seeing the future after being struck by lightning are purely fictional.
Why do you think the Empire State Building is struck so many times?
If you mean why is it struck by lightning... I'm pretty sure it is because it has a lightning rod on top which catches and grounds the lightning safely without doing any damage to the building
What is most dangerous in thunderstorm rain or lightning?
In most cases it is lightning. Any cloud-to-ground lighting bolt can kill while rain is usually harmless. Rain, too, can be dangerous if it leads to flooding.
Can you get struck by lightning on a bike?
if the bike has any metal on it then yes just don't ride your bike in a thunderstorm and you'll be fine
Did Dmitri Mendeleev have any problems making his table?
he was struck by lightning before he could finish sorry i ate the rest
Did any Mormon temples get struck by lightning?
Yes! Since many temples of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are located on high ground and have a giant metal statue on the top, they are quite often struck by lightning. Usually the lightning strikes do little or no damage, but occassionally damage the Angel Moroni statue on top. The church has had to replace at least 3 statues due to lightning damage.
Are there any mtyhs about ball lightning?
Are there any myths about ball lightning no there are not any myths about balls of lightning this is a true fact
If you haven't heard thunder in 30 minutes but can still clearly see the lightning is it possible to be struck?
Yes. If lightning is still in your vicinity, you're still in the danger zone, even if you don't hear any thunder.
Do ships get struck by lightning?
Sailboats with high mast get struck every so often. Small fiberglass boats hardly ever get struck. in the last ten years, only 8 fiberglass boats under 35ft have been reported struck by lightning. Thats less than one per year! These studies have been compiled with using insurance/acturary statistics. Large steel vessels and tall sailboats with conductive mast's are more likely to get struck, but even those numbers are suprisingly low.
