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Re: Lightning lights a house on fire
[Re: AJE]
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07/19/20 12:05 AM
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lightning rods maybe
or your own fire fighting equipment to get it out quickly.
America only has one issue, we have a Responsibility crisis and everything else stems from it.
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Re: Lightning lights a house on fire
[Re: AJE]
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08/08/20 01:19 AM
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I've thought about a lightning rod. I haven't heard of anyone trying that. I see them all over barns and larger homes in Illinois.
I BELIEVE IN MY GOD, MY COUNTRY AND IN MYSELF.
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Re: Lightning lights a house on fire
[Re: AJE]
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08/08/20 02:39 AM
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There are still companies that install lightning rods. Older barns around here have them. I don't know if they're effective or not.
I worked as an engineer for my college radio station a long time ago. To protect our transmitters, we had devices that were supposed to dissipate static in the air to prevent lightning strikes. They looked like giant, fuzzy chimney brushes on long poles around the transmitters. I have no idea if they actually worked either.
I'm skeptical that we can do much to control lightning.
-Ryan
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Re: Lightning lights a house on fire
[Re: AJE]
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08/08/20 06:15 AM
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We have lightning rods on our home.
I got myself a seniors' GPS. Not only does it tell me how to get to my destination, it tells me why I wanted to go there.
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Re: Lightning lights a house on fire
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08/08/20 06:40 AM
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Lightning globes used to be popular. Dunno if they did anything other than pretty it up. www.lightningrodsupply.com/index_files/page0003.htm
"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing." -Edmund Burke "We are fast approaching... rule by brute force." -Ayn Rand
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Re: Lightning lights a house on fire
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08/08/20 07:44 AM
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Lightning starts from both the ground and the sky at the same time (Why your hair will stand up right before you get struck). When they meet in the middle you get a lightning bolt. That is why the rods work. usually the lightning trail starts from the highest point. Also why trees get struck often.
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Re: Lightning lights a house on fire
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08/08/20 08:45 AM
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They are just for looks but I like them.
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