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Old 08-07-2021, 07:15 AM
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Originally Posted by GrumpyOldMan View Post
The odds of your house or you being hit by lightning are very low.

VERY LOW.

If you have a properly designed, installed, and maintained lightning control system, the odds of a direct hit on your house are pretty close to zero. Well, actually ZERO for most purposes.
You’re exactly right but the first yr. we lived there we saw a house that took a direct hit & it was severely damaged before the Fire Dept. got there. Also your chances of having Lighting Rods put on your house & getting hit by lighting is also close to zero. Everything you said is true, but I was just answering the question about Lighting Rods. They’re expensive for the odds of your chances of getting hit. Thanks for your opinion!