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Old 08-05-2021, 05:08 PM
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Default Recent Villages Presentation-what I recall

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Originally Posted by graciegirl View Post
Do Lightning rods, properly installed, safely direct lightning strikes that hit your home down into the earth near your home?

Or is this a scam?
Check my information. People installing lightening rods do not need to be licensed so the work done may not be proper. Installers should be listed with UL-underwriters laboratory-passed tests etc.

Cost depending on size of home etc is about 3,000. It should be inspected. regularly.
Surely a new roof, a paint job etc may mess it up.

Does not make sense to me but, I thought I knew that lightening will take the easiest path to ground. Yet, they directly said being next to a water tower for example that are high and have lightening rods on them does not protect you-nor does your neighbor having lightening rods.

Those serge protectors, the ones that you plug your TV into and cost like $20 or $30 do have some value. Mistake that most people make, INCLUDING ME, for your computer, TV etc you want to buy one that also protects the coaxial signal cable.

Things we all think we know. Lightening can and does strike in the same place. Just cause you home was hit once, the odds of being hit a second time are exactly the same.
A car is not likely to be struck but, truth I did not understand this, it has nothing to do with rubber tires and insulation. A bike, this is Florida lightening capital, you are a prime target for a lightening strike. As I often ride my bike, I've been often caught in the rain.
Golfers-you are prime targets. Old trick. You can hear lightening coming on an AM radio,does not work on FM.































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Florida is not number one for lightening strikes in the US.
Somewhere in the Midwest has beat us for number one. Nebraska? It is close. Should we try harder?