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Old 08-09-2025, 04:57 PM
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Originally Posted by jrref View Post
If you don't have gas all that means is if you home is struck by lightning it's less likely to burn to the ground from the subsequent gas fire. It gives the fire department more time to get to your home and prevent it from burning down.

Not having gas does not reduce the risk of your home being struck by lightning.
The bolded is very much the point. As you articulated in a prior comment, the biggest damage from strikes comes from gas lines being ignited.

If an owner has no gas lines, one rationally assumes that the damage is likely to be much more minimal. Will the Lightening Study Group discuss those kinds of particulars at the meeting on 8/19?