It has happened before. A WW1 landmine was set off in the 50's in France by a lightning strike. The mine was not the garden variety that takes a toe off an over zealous frog but the real thing that clears  all the soldiers out of a quarter mile of trench. 

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"Peter L. Peres" wrote:
> 
> On Mon, 13 Sep 2004, Marc Nicholas wrote:
> 
> > You mean you don't believe the Korean's were moving a mountain? ;-)
> >
> > What would be funny (not "haha") is if they'd decided to use one of
> > their supposed-nuclear devices to do the demolition for the hydro
> > project.
> 
> Why are you assuming they were trying to move the mountain when they moved
> it ? You know, s**t happens. A cigarette butt here, a short circuit there,
> a little bit of rain where it shouldn't get, lightning hits a phone line
> ...
> 
> Peter
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