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Originally Posted by hedoman
OK folks do what I did and google the question "lightning rods, do they attract lightning". I finally got tired of the true experts saying no way and wanted you all to see for yourselves.
The bottom line is "if ligtning is heading for your structure the rods act as a path of least resistence and will safely take the million or so volts away from structurs, wiring etc."
9 out 10 dentists agree the 10th guy doesn't know squat.....
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I don't if Google brought up University of FL professor Dr. Martin Uman's book, The Art and Science of Lightning Protection but you can get the book in The Villages Library and see page 17. Lightning rods do not attract lightning - they give lightning a safe path to ground. They have been around for 259 years and used on nearly every building at Sumter Landing, every building at Disney, and by the FAA, NASA, and many others.