From earthquakes and tornadoes to hurricanes and snow, Texas has weather variations as wide as the state itself. So perhaps it's not so shocking that the Lone Star State is also home to the U.S.

They say lightning never strikes the same place twice, but this small town in Texas is known to have the most lightning strikes in the entire United States.

In its analysis, Vaisala defined "lightning events" as individual pulses within in-cloud flashes as well as individual strokes within cloud-to ground flashes. If Texas doesn't strike you as a very ...