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

Lightning rods (and the accompanying protection system) are designed to protect a house or building from a direct lightning strike and, in particular, a lightning-initiated fire.

Lightning tries to get from its strike point -- normally a ridge, corner or edge of the roof line or to a projecting body -- to ground. It will follow the easiest path, which could be along metal ...

In experiments during two months in 2021, intense laser pulses - 1,000 times per second - were emitted to redirect lightning strikes. All four strikes while the system was active were successfully ...

An air terminal is located in the tree top to catch the strike and a copper cable “down-conductor” which directs the charge to a grounding rod system to dissipate the energy in the earth.

Typically, a Ufer ground produces a resistance to ground of 2 to 5 ohms.” Optimizing for an existing building. Of course, the Ufer grounding method is only practical when established as part of a new ...

When lightning strikes a building it will preferably pass through the rod — the path of least resistance — and then through the wires into the ground, protecting the building and its contents ...

These are not kamikaze drones - they are equipped with a lightning-resistant cage. In a test flight on Dec 13, 2024, a drone attached to a ground wire was flown to 300m altitude to approach a ...

That’s before lightning rods and modern improvements (before 1900.) The US currently has a rate of lightning deaths of 0.3 per years per million inhabitants. That’s a factor of 20.

Florida's geography makes summer one of the more dangerous seasons meteorologically, with spiking daytime temperatures that ...

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.