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Originally Posted by Bill14564
I sure would like to see some data supporting that statement.
I am personally aware of three strikes that did NOT start fires.
(one hit my house while I was in the room, another left marks on the floor where my wife was standing, and the third required a lot of work convincing the insurance company that lightning does strike in central WA state)
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Which is why I stated that fires occur 99.9% of the time. There was a home in Fenney last year hit but the rain was so intense, it put out the fire and there was minimal damage to the roof. Major damage to their electrical system though.
Also, many will say they were struck by lightning but in reality, they were not. What happeded was lightning struck near by their home and they got a Lightning Induced Power Surge. This is very common and happens almost every severe lightning storm we get. The home that got one in the Enclave the other night, no one will ever know about because there is no spectatular fire and nothing about it in the newspaper. I was told about it because the neighbor next store wanted information about a LPS and surge protection system after the hit.