Does lightning strike twice?
NEW YORK. Next time there’s a lightning storm, don’t get in the shower — pipes conduct electricity. A lightning bolt can have 100 million electrical volts and raise the air temperature by as much as 50,000 degrees. It may be beautiful to watch, but it can be deadly. A young man was killed and a woman was injured in August 2002 while watching an electrical storm on the rooftop of their 4-story Chinatown building. The odds of being struck by lightning are 1 in 5,000, but men are much more likely to be victims.
