Thanks Ijusluvit you hit on the exact reason that I posted this question.
I am a ham radio operator and very familiar with grounding requirements for towers and the effects of lightening. I have friends that have taken direct hits and I saw the damage.
I was reading on a ham radio message board and someone posted a message regarding a house in the Dallas Texas area that took a lightening hit and burst into flames and was a total loss. The fire department believed that the gas pipes in the attic were not properly grounded and there were no lightening rods on the house.
Up north the gas lines are iron on older homes and do not run in the attic but we do have basements. I am not sure what is now being used for new constructed homes but the run from the street is some type of plastic pipe.
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