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.
really, really long :)
Empire State Building
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.
Lightning can strike the same place multiple times because it is attracted to tall and conductive objects like trees, buildings, and monuments. The Empire State Building, for example, is struck by lightning around 25 times a year.
The Empire State Building is struck by lightning about 23 times per year. So, from 1931 to 2000, it would have been struck around 1,092 times.
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.