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Originally Posted by tomwed
My neighborhood had 2 guest speakers who were retired, engineers and worked in energy. They were not giving any opinions or advice. They just reported what they know about lightening and electricity. They said 8 out of the last 10 houses in the last 10 years that were struck and burned down had gas lines.
Correct me if I'm wrong.
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By my count 15 homes have been struck by lightning with ensuing fire to render the home uninhabitable in the last 12 lightning seasons. None had a lightning protection system. We had one in 2013, three in 2014, and four to date in 2015. Three have been all electric homes and 12 had natural gas. In no case did any report in the public domain connect these fires to natural gas and their piping system. We have had 14 Villagers with a lightning protection systems report that their home was struck by lightning and none had a fire or any structural damage.