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Old 06-27-2014, 06:22 PM
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Originally Posted by tommy steam View Post
I had a neighbor where I used to live have a strike on her front lawn. It hit the buried underground elect cable that was feeding her home. I saw her front yard smoking as I looked out the window when I heard it hit. Every appliance in her home was ruined and anything plugged into the outlets was also gone. So what I am thinking ,it can also cause damage if it hits the ground. On the news last night it stated that lighting does not always hit the highest point in an area.
Very True, lightning is very unpredictable and there's no way of telling what it will hit. Homeowners Ins. does cover lightning strikes, at least mine does however mine has a $1K deductible so we will be lucky to recoup maybe half of what we lost the rest will come out of our wallet

Like I said before we have a house and were ok so things always can be worse.

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