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Old 06-17-2014, 02:19 PM
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Originally Posted by zendog3 View Post
I thought about lightening rods and did the math. About one house a year in The Villages burns from a lightening strike. I think there must be about 50,000 homes in The Villages, so the odds are that my house will burn from lightening (being conservative) less than once every 40,000 years. Since fire from lightening is insured, lightening rods, even if they are 100% effective, appear to be a really expensive insurance.
$1,500 is really expensive? Might try the math again. Try doing the "what if" decision making approach. You might have insurance to rebuild your home, but what are your photos, documents, cash, jewelry and loss of use of the home worth?
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