There was for a long time the folk belief/myth that lightning never strikes the same place twice. It gave rise to an adage meaning that the same bad thing wouldn't happen to the same person more than once. read more
If lightening strikes twice it means a bad thing has happened to the same person two times, under the same conditions and circumstances. The saying that lightening never strikes twice means that the likelihood of a bad thing happening to the same person in the exact way two times is very unlikely. read more
TRUTH: The old saying that 'lightning never strikes the same place twice' is another myth that any veteran storm observer or researcher has seen nature defy. Lightning can strike any location more than once. In fact, given enough time, it is actually inevitable. read more
Many people (not necessarily scientiest or meteorologists) think that lightning will not strike the same place twice. read more