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Re: OT / Lightning Rods
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Posted by Matt from CT on July 24, 2007 at 09:34:28 from (76.204.148.239):
In Reply to: Re: OT / Lightning Rods posted by havvey on July 24, 2007 at 06:05:11:
Most fires occur from "Positive Lightning" which is rarer and tends to be on the edges of storms and often travels much further (striking outside of the "rain" zone) Positive lightning is stronger and lasts longer then 95% of cloud-to-ground lightning which is "Negative Lightning" -- before I knew about the names and differences, I did know there was a different "look" to the type of lightning that was likely to start a fire and you could usually predict which storms would start fires from looking at the bolts. Also knew we the fires usually started by strikes at the end of the storm, sometimes at the beginning -- but seldom in the middle of it. For a fairly small town that may see 3-4 structure fires in a year, 1/4 of those are lightning strikes which always surprises me just how common it is. Of those fires, 3/4 of them are basement fires when the lightning hits a tree in the yard or well and follows the plumbing / wiring inside. The other 1/4 are attic fires after the roof gets hit.
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