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Old 07-23-2024, 06:26 AM
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Default Lightning Strikes near The Villages

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Originally Posted by motherflippinpicker View Post
We moved to The Villages on June 11th. Since moving here there have been many direct lightning strikes to homes, several with severe damage. Never in my life have I lived in a place with so many strikes. Is there a way to prevent or reduce our home's chance of being struck?
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My Tempest weather station recorded this data from Fenney:

Lightning Strikes total (per calendar year)

2023 98120
2024 64799 (partial to date)

These are strikes noted within about a 25 mile radius.

Tempest

(click on the icon on the top right for details and on each item for graphs)

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