"Happens all the time when there are storms in the region. Those buildings are massive lightning rods," one user assured. The ...

“Lightning never strikes the same place twice” is a common idiom used to mean that unusual events don’t happen twice to the same person or in the same place. But unfortunately, it’s not a ...

The Empire State Building is designed to serve as a lightning rod for the surrounding area. It is struck by lightning about 100 times per year. There are 1,575 steps from the building's lobby to ...

The Christ of the Redeemer statue was inaugurated on 12 October 1931 on top of Rio's Corcovado Mountain ... The statue has several lightning rods on the arms and head, and the Space Research ...

Now they too are building ... lies inside the radome. Lightning diverters, thin metallic strips incorporated onto the surface of the radome, act as little lightning rods to prevent lightning ...

Luckily for the Empire State Building, the structure is built to withstand lightning because it is equipped with a lightning rod, which provides a highway made of conductive materials for the ...