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Old 04-12-2021, 12:00 PM
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Originally Posted by JP View Post
If you figure there are 70,000+ homes in TV, and one gets hit a year, I'll take those odds any day to not really worry about lightening too much.
I've asked before - has anyone with lightning rods on their home been hit by lightning - not that I am aware of.

Lightning rods are a one shot deal because they fry the grounding wires if they get hit. Not sure if liquid copper being sprayed around is healthy either... That will cause a major fire as well.

Larger buildings usually have them, especially if very tall, or covering a lot of land.