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Originally Posted by aussiemom
No, not driving. Car was in driveway but hubby and neighbor were sitting just a few feet from it when it struck (both shaken but OK). Blew off drivers side mirror, took 2 chunks of concrete out of driveway and hit a tree also, plus blew out all the cable boxes in the house. Insurance totaled car since not a bit of the electrical would work. We learned that you are not save in a car as once believed. It definitely changes your idea of lightening and gives you a much deeper respect for it. When we closed on our house here in September, we made sure we had a surge protector put on electrical box.
So needless to say, not as fascinated with lightening storms as I use to be.
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A surge protector is being half safe. Lightning rods are needed too...and I am going to get on Sweetie about that very issue today. Lightning rods aren't cheap...but I think we need them, especially after last nights storm.
If you have an opportunity to go to any of the presentations on Lightning given at rec centers, go and listen. When I heard these two men were going to give a presentation on lightning to our village group, I thought ..oh this is going to be a pitch for their company.
They don't have a company. They are two villagers who became interested in lightning after they witnessed seven homes burnt down from lightning in the past eight years. They consulted the University of Florida at Gainesville who has a department that studies ligntning and its effects.
They bring a lot of useful knowledge about being safe and get no monetary gains for their presentations. They don't have a lightning protection company...they just know lightning.