The current thinking is that lightning rods don't actually attract lightning so the presence of lightning rods on your neighbor's house does not offer you any protection. In the event that lightning was going to strike your house, lightning rods (and their cables to the ground) offer a discharge pathway to the ground instead of the energy discharging through the house structure to the ground.
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Originally Posted by Bosoxfan
I'm hoping my neighbors have them installed. Let them attract the lightning to their homes!
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