Margie
(Senior Storm Chaser)
Fri Jul 15 2005 01:42 PM
Re: Emily Category 4, Hurricane Warnings up for Jamaica

Thx much Clark! I should have thought of that.

To Reddington Beach guy - FL does have more lightning strikes than other states, but lightning doesn't always start a house fire. It can ruin electronic equipment (had one fry a TV when I lived in AL...just after the warranty ended too!) and can do things like knock a hole in the roof as well.

Here is an article on protecting your home from lighting from a FL news station from end of May of this year:

http://www.nbc-2.com/articles/readarticle.asp?articleid=3513&z=3&p=

From the Miami Herald today, two houses were hit with lightning but neither one caught on fire:

http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/12136109.htm


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