Why Lightning Rarely Hits You

--- *Why Getting Hit by Lightning Is So Rare? Getting hit by lightning

feels random… but physics literally says “nah, not you.” Because lightning

doesn’t hunt people — it hunts *the easiest path*. Lightning is lazy.

It wants the *fastest, cleanest shortcut* from cloud to ground. And guess what? A human body is

actually *a terrible option*. You’re short. You’re surrounded by taller stuff.

Trees, poles, buildings all say: “hit me instead.” That’s why lightning

almost always hits *the tallest, most isolated object*. So unless you’re standing alone

on a hill holding metal during a storm… …you’re basically invisible to lightning.