2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=keVm06H26ik - In Boulder, with the mountains right next door, lightning strikes twice in the city proper, around 1,000 feet lower in elevation.
My point was that assuming lightning will strike the highest point is patently false; it doesn't meant that a valley isn't any safer than a mountain - just don't assume that being in a valley protects you.
1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqzjk1kp5Ug - Notice in the shot how the lightning hits a small, low-in-the-water boat.
2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=keVm06H26ik - In Boulder, with the mountains right next door, lightning strikes twice in the city proper, around 1,000 feet lower in elevation.
3. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKw9kpD0rNc - Lightning strikes the water, less than a hundred feet away, instead of the palm trees the photographer is at.
My point was that assuming lightning will strike the highest point is patently false; it doesn't meant that a valley isn't any safer than a mountain - just don't assume that being in a valley protects you.