About three quarters of the energy of a lightning bolt is expended in heat. In only a fraction of a second, the temperature around a bolt rises to about 27,000 degrees Fahrenheit. One report listed temperatures as high as 36,000 degrees Fahrenheit. For comparison, the visible surface of the sun is considered to be 10,000 degrees Fahrenheit. No, lightning does strike twice and even more often in the same place.
Many lightning flashes can strike one place in multiple succession in a few weeks.
The Empire State Building in New York city has been struck as many as 12 times during one storm. A person or animal struck by lightning does not carry any electric charge on his body and is quite safe to touch, contrary to any popular opinions. Christopher W. Landsea, a NOAA researcher, listed these 10 storms as the costliest hurricanes to hit the United States since 1900. French lose their bid to control the Atlantic coast of North America when a storm smashes their fleet, allowing the Spanish to capture Fort Carolina, near present-day Jacksonville. Twenty-foot tide reported in Boston.