Lightning CAN strike the same place twice!

This is a common misconception. There is no reason why lightning couldn't strike the same place twice. The Empire State Building, for instance, gets struck by lightning 100 TIMES EVERY YEAR on average.

This is actually a picture of lightning hitting two places at once. In this case, it hit the Trump Tower and the Willis Tower (Sears Tower) in Chicago at the same time. This must be one of the luckiest photographers ever.