The odds of your house sustaining damage from lightning is not great- about 1 in 55,000 each year. Lightning rods may not be a guarantee of no damage. I find it interesting that most of The Villages properties where I am (rec centers, mail boxes, buildings at pools) do not have lightning rods. I recommend encouraging your neighbors to install a tall palm tree ;-)
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Originally Posted by graciegirl
Lightning strikes are a real menace here. Do not play golf when you hear thunder. We live in the lightning capital of the U.S. here in Central Florida.
Five homes have burnt to the ground due to direct lightning strikes in the last seven years. It is wise to get a REPUTABLE person to install lightning rods on your home...and it isn't cheap.
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