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Subscriber Exclusive Content. Myth 9 — A house will always keep you safe from lightning. Myth 10 — Surge suppressors can protect a home against lightning. Myth 1 — Lightning never strikes twice in the same place. The Empire State Building was once used as a lightning laboratory because it is hit nearly 25 times per year, and has been known to have been hit up to a dozen times during a single storm.

Fact: Lightning is indiscriminate and it can find you anywhere. Lightning may hit the ground instead of a tree, cars instead of nearby telephone poles, and parking lots instead of buildings. Fact: Sheltering under a tree is just about the worst thing you can do.

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