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The National Weather Service directly states that lightning repeatedly strikes tall, pointy, isolated objects. DIRECT_TEXT

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Source: Lightning Myths and Facts · locator {} · excerpt hash sha256:02453e430320161a2e853e150edc14b8da68290dd05dbd718fd4f15a61ca9aef

Lightning often strikes the same place repeatedly, especially if it's a tall, pointy, isolated object. The Empire State Building is hit an average of 23 times a year.