--- Bill Briggs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> At 1:11 PM -0400 6/23/05, Michael J. Amato wrote:
> >Would a lightning rod have helped?
> >
> >Or is it just too much power?
>
> There's a lot of controversy about the efficacy of
> lightning rods,
> and how they work. There are two modes of operation,
> based on whether
> it's a blunt rod or a pointed one. Some feel that
> the latter kind
> don't work as intended. To some extent I'd say the
> jury is out on
> just how much benefit you get from them, but you
> will get some.
> There's not a lot of data from systematic studies,
> so making a
> definitive statement is risky. That said, I think
> you'll find that
> most building codes still require them for public
> buildings of any
> significant height.
>
> - web
I understand that preachers for years refused to put
them on their churches, contending that they implieda
mistrust of god; it wasn't until insurance companies
quit covering them without lightning rods that they
all put them up.
The difference between the right word and the nearly
right word is the difference between lightning and the
lightning bug.
--Mark Twain
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