With all thunderstorms comes lightning. Of the various types of lightning, one that meteorologists monitor closely is cloud-to-ground lightning. Here’s how it works: as a thunderstorm moves through an ...

Lightning protection systems can protect your home from lightning. (WSFA 12 News) Even with the cost involved, having your home be as safe as possible from lightning may be worth it.

Damage and Outages. When lightning strikes it can damage equipment and instrumentation, disrupt service, and potentially cause injuries. While estimates vary, lightning strikes are generally ...

Lightning strikes hit anywhere so one expert goes over what Arizona homeowners can do to protect their houses from lightning.

While the waterspout eventually dissipated, lightning struck a home just across the street. Kenneth Friend Jr., of Jasper Thompson Lightning Protection, explained how you can protect your home ...

There was a recent lightning incident where fifty people were hurt while standing on wet soil at the moment of a nearby lightning strike that caused an electrical current to flow through the ground.

Lightning causes electric currents along the top of the ground that can be deadly over 100 feet away. Stay away from isolated tall trees, towers or utility poles. Lightning tends to strike the ...

A lightning protection system is important when an older tree has had cabling or rodding placed on it for structural support. This practice is common on stately live oaks when the owners or land ...