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Anonymous Wed Apr 25 17:31:32 2012 No.4616101 [Reply] [Original]

Why does lightning never strike the same place twice?

>>	Anonymous Wed Apr 25 17:33:41 2012 No.4616104 It does.

>>	Anonymous Wed Apr 25 17:33:48 2012 No.4616107 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Sullivan

>>	Anonymous Wed Apr 25 17:35:58 2012 No.4616111 >>4616107 >He died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound at the age of 71 over an unrequited love. >Sullivan died at the age of 71 from self-inflicted gunshot wound in the stomach Was he drunk? Being gut shot is not a good way to go. Slow and painful.

>>	Anonymous Wed Apr 25 17:39:27 2012 No.4616120 >>4616104 This and >probability

>>	Anonymous Wed Apr 25 18:09:55 2012 No.4616227 >>4616111 Could be. But personally I would rather do that then shoot myself in the heart or brain. I'd like to feel myself dying rather than be suddenly dead. Maybe if I ever got shot in the stomach, I'd feel differently but for now that's what I think

>>	Anonymous Wed Apr 25 18:56:32 2012 No.4616351 lightning is more likely to hit the same places again over time than some random new place, simply because that place was probably a really good place to ground the accumulated charge.

>>	Anonymous Wed Apr 25 18:57:32 2012 No.4616355 Why are raindrops shaped like tears?

>>	Anonymous Wed Apr 25 19:07:51 2012 No.4616387 It does. Ever hear of a lightning rod?

>>	Anonymous Wed Apr 25 19:08:51 2012 No.4616390 The empire state building gets struck by lightning like 20 times a year.

>>	Anonymous Thu Apr 26 00:40:55 2012 No.4617449 >>4616355 gravity

>>	Filosofer scientist linguist Thu Apr 26 01:16:19 2012 No.4617493 It does. Tall buildings like the Empire State Building are struck by lightning many times a year.

>>	Anonymous Thu Apr 26 01:29:48 2012 No.4617513 Why does a tree falling down make no sound if no one around to hear it?

>>	Anonymous Thu Apr 26 01:32:04 2012 No.4617520 >>4616101 It do. >>4616355 They aren't, they're spherical.

>>	Anonymous Thu Apr 26 01:33:12 2012 No.4617523 Why does a sound of one hand clapping?

>>	Anonymous Thu Apr 26 01:46:47 2012 No.4617553 >>4616107 So was this guy unlucky or do you think he was an x-file?

>>	Anonymous Thu Apr 26 01:59:16 2012 No.4617574 File: 30 KB, 500x360, hgPwBE1ql6jblo1_500.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] because its too busy striking the same place 8 times