[Bill14564]

Originally Posted by Bill14564

Very interesting that such a relatively small number of homes have been struck so many times. Seems like it might be statistically significant.

- Are homes equipped with LPS more likely to be struck? The common/desired answer is no.

- Are the homes equipped with LPS just terribly unlucky?

- Is the determination of a strike somehow flawed and that 17 is inaccurate?

- Are there more strikes on homes than we are aware of because many cause no damage but our homes are not instrumented to document them?

Originally Posted by jrref

Lightning is unpredictible. Everything i've been mentioning are from documented cases here in the Villages.

Unlike a home without a lightning protection system being hit where their is usually a large specticular fire, the problem documenting homes being struck by lightning with a lightning protection system is the homeowner actually knowing that it happened and then knowing to reach out to the Study Group. In the 17 documented cases the homeowner was aware becasue they actually saw and or heard the strike. In one case there was some minor damage to the lightning rod that was struck. Most of the time a strike will occur and the homeowner may not be home or even know about it.

So if you're ruling out that lightning might strike a home without significant damage and you are standing by the 17 documented strikes then are you saying those with LPS are terribly unlucky or are you saying the LPS results in more likelihood of a home being struck?

It's just statistics..... A relatively high number of strikes on a relatively small number of homes has to have some explanation.