Four people survive lightning strike in Toronto’s east end

All four victims were taken to the hospital, and the emergency rescuer called them "a non-life-threatening injury".

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Toronto EMS said the ambulance was hit by lightning when answering the phone. Although there was no injured in the strike, we canceled the electric system of the vehicle and asked another ambulance to transport the victim.

Environment Canada issued a heavy thunderstorm alert to Toronto and its surrounding GTA

The idea that thunder has never hit twice in the same place is one of the oldest and most famous superstitions of thunder. There is no reason why thunder does not hit the same place twice: if there is a thunderstorm in a certain area, it may hit a more prominent or conductive object or place (thus the distance is minimized). For example, thunder strikes the Empire State Building in New York City 100 times a year. Pennies that fall from the Empire State Building do not kill people or destroy the sidewalks. The terminal speed of a falling penny is about 30 - 50 miles per hour (50 - 80 km / h), and the penny never exceeds its speed regardless of the height they fall. At this rate, as shown in the episode of MythBusters, that energy is not enough to penetrate the human skull or break concrete.

A lightning rod or lightning rod is a metal rod or conductor that is mounted on a building and is electrically connected to the ground with wires to protect the building in the event of a lightning strike. Every time thunder strikes a building, it leads to the ground through a utility pole and leads it through the utility pole, not through a building that could cause a fire or cause an electric shock. Lightning rods are a single component within a lightning protection system. The lightning rod is a pointy metal stick attached to the roof of the building. The rod can be 1 inch (2 cm) in diameter. It is connected to copper wire or aluminum wire about 1 inch in diameter. The wire is connected to the conductive grid embedded in the near ground. The purpose of lightning rod is well misunderstood. Many people think that lightning rods will attract thunder, but in the case of lightning, this is a safety measure.