Few events are as awesome as witnessing a lightning strike or seeing the damage it can produce. Nevertheless, when the subject is lightning protection systems, some of the most recent drama has been ...

Following recent severe weather and storms, homeowners in Greater Cincinnati are looking to install lightning rods to ensure their homes stay safe from lightning strikes.Lightning rods intercept ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. OKLAHOMA CITY – It was a busy night in the ...

TRIAD, NC -- Just this week, during a powerful storm, a Greensboro home was hit by lightning. It's the second time in four years that lightning has struck a house on Windermere Drive. Luckily, nobody ...

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. Note that lightning ...

On Friday, a thunderstorm swept through Maryland and lightning struck the State House in Annapolis. A centuries-old lightning rod, a modern sprinkler system and a local fire department sprung into ...

Does something about your community have you puzzled? Email [email protected] and we'll do our best to track down answers. QUESTION: When homes are built, can't people put lightning rods on the ...

HOUSTON -- After Monday night's storm some folks in the Houston area called lightning rod installers. In the Jagged Ridge Subdivision in Spring, one homeowner was ahead of the crowds. He had a system ...

GREENSBORO, N.C. — A Triad home is a total loss after a lightning strike hit it. By the time firefighters got to the home on Pheasant Lane in Winston-Salem, flames were coming out of the rooftop. This ...

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The prominent lightning rods at the Iowa State Capitol tend to be lawmakers beneath the dome in their more sanctimonious moments of speechifying. No doubt politicians of both parties often sit and ...