[Bill14564]

Originally Posted by retiredguy123

There Is one house on my street that has a lightning protection system. Also, the fire station on Moyer Loop has one. These buildings have vertical metal rods on the roof, which are easy to see on the peaks. Since this thread started, I have been driving around The Villages, looking at hundreds of houses, and I have yet to see any house with metal rods on the roof. Am I missing something?

What does the one house on your street have if not vertical metal rods?

I have noticed three houses on my walk in the morning that have the rods. There may be more (I lose interest and might have missed some) but not many more. I would believe 2%-3% of the homes in my area have these. With all the focus on this recently I could believe the percentage is higher in the newer sections. EDIT: I will defer to the comment by jrref above about more protection in older sections as that statement is based on better information than I have.

Not all the non-residential buildings (rec centers, fire stations, commercial buildings) have the metal rods. However, if a metal roof can be grounded to function as a large LPS system then it is possible that some of the non-residential buildings are protected in that way.