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Old 07-25-2024, 10:58 AM
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Originally Posted by mpcolonel View Post
Not sure why In the lightning capital why you would want a metal roof
It's a fallacy that metal roofs attract lightning. Lightning goes to the highest and nearest point. As a matter of fact, if lightning does happen to strike a metal roof the energy is dispersed instead of making a hole in the roof as it would on a shingle roof.