Another home hit by lightning
 

There's another home in the Sunset Point area (Pelican Path) that is on fire and most likely hit by lightning. There are tons of fire trucks there pouring water on it. I hope everyone is OK. This is getting scary.

We're sitting on our lanai in Virginia Trace and we were afraid another house got hit. We can smell the smoke and heard all the emergency vehicles going by.

We were on our Lanai in Sunset Pointe watching the storm and saw a flash and heard the bang at the same second. I knew that strike was really close, 1000 feet or so away. Which is about how far Pelican Path is away.

Scarey
 

That was the worst storm I have seen since I moved here in April. We were in Crispers and literally could not leave. Heard emergency vehicles speeding by as the torrential rains came down. I was actually worried about whether or not my house would be standing when I arrived home; it is!!! Scarey stuff.

That's awful.
 

We have friends down that way. Please let us know if you hear anything more. Thanks.

fire on Pelican Path
 

I hope no one was hurt. This was a really bad storm. We were on our way home from Leesburg and had to pull over into a parking lot for awhile since we couldn't see the taillights ahead of us. We waited for 15 min. or so and started out again and it was a very difficult drive home. Lightning was striking very close all around us and the wind was blowing the rain all around. The Villages radio said that two storms met over The Villages--one from the south and one from the north.

Anyone hear anything going on in Hadley? I saw fire trucks going through Hadleys gate
as I was coming home from Crispers.

That storm was BAD

We were stuck in Home Depot for over an hour due to lightning. They lost power several times. On the way home we noticed street lights were out in Mallory but saw power truck working there when we came back that way about an hour later. I didn't see any damage as we drove through Mallory to Amelia.

Heard from a friend that lives on Pelican that the home owners were not home...up north somewhere....but their neighbors called 911 and called them on their cell. It doesn't sound like anyone in the area was hurt....but the damage to the home was horrible.

Has anyone invested in lightening rod protectors? Not sure if that is what they are called....

I know they run about $1800...

That is so very sad, I feel so sorry for the home owners. So glad that no one was hurt.
Cassie....Tony just posted a great site regarding protection from lightening, but I dont know how to post it here...sorry :shrug: (still learning hehe).
Its under "lightening strike on 466" I think?

Click this to read the post by the non-commercial Study Group on Lightning in
Contractors and Services. The group said it is "not affiliated with any firm or
organization that designs, installs or markets any product or service for the
lightning industry," and is intended "to help Villagers make informed decisions
of lightning protection."

We live right across the street from the water tower in Duval.... I hope it works like a giant lightening rod.

There is a post about Lightening protection systems that discuss the costs. It looks like $1800 is a mean. It sounds like you have to be careful as to who you hire to install the lightening protection system.

https://www.talkofthevillages.com/fo...ad.php?t=23832