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> I mean, my grandmother was struck by lightning twice—how bad can it be?

...uhm ...can anyone here compute the probability of 2 people in one family being struck by lighting in this timerange/pattern.

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After reading through this thread, you'd think it was commonplace. My guess is that people have bastardized the concept of "being struck by lightning," in that they weren't struck, just close to a strike.

I worked in an IT department of about 20, of which two employees had each been hit twice.

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