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Originally Posted by jrref
Although I understand your point, it doesn't work like that.
So for example, if you have 10 homes in an open field with only one with lightning rods, during a severe storm all 10 homes would build up positive charges on their roofs. If the negative charges in a cloud were strong enough to cause a lightning strike, all 9 of the homes would have a relatively equal chance of being hit randomly on their roof structure causing a fire where the 1 with the lightning rods would most likely be hit at one of it's lightning rods diverting the charge safely to earth ground without damage or fire.
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But, isn't the house with lightning rods effectively 15 or 20 feet higher than the other houses, making it more likely to get struck as lightning will want to take the shortest path?