Talk of The Villages Florida - View Single Post - Lightning Strikes in The Villages
View Single Post
 
Old 06-16-2023, 02:38 PM
Bill14564 Bill14564 is offline
Sage
Join Date: Nov 2020
Location: Village of Hillsborough
Posts: 7,213
Thanks: 2,238
Thanked 7,630 Times in 2,977 Posts
Default

My impression is strikes are rare, maybe once per year.

I haven't heard of a house with lightning rods being damaged. On the other hand, there are tens of thousands of houses without lightning rods that also have not been damaged. Probably an inexpensive way to hedge your bet.

To be effective a lightning rod system needs to be installed correctly. Make sure to vet the company you buy from.
__________________
Why do people insist on making claims without looking them up first, do they really think no one will check? Proof by emphatic assertion rarely works.
Confirmation bias is real; I can find any number of articles that say so.


Victor, NY - Randallstown, MD - Yakima, WA - Stevensville, MD - Village of Hillsborough