Thanks all for this helpful thread. Marsha and I are closing on our Fernandina home in July, and we will then be very busy getting the house furnished, decorated and fitted with extras like lightening rods. I've saved this thread to my The Villagers Folder in my Retirement Folder (on my computer) in which I've been accumulating useful information from TOTV for over 2 years while we've dreamed of our journey to become FROGS.
Looking at the photos of the house that was struck by lightening and seeing how the heat melted the siding from the house next door, makes me appreciate that it makes sense to have your neighbors' houses on each side protected as well as your own. Heck, our new house has only a 5 foot side-yard between us and our neighbors' side-yards.
Swampy
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