re: Lightning strikes explodes a telephone pole.

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I'm 45 and have never really had a real fear of lightning, until now...

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I take it very seriously...for some reason my shop is like a magnet for lightning strikes

the building proper has been struck 4 times that i know of, I had some friends over working on a car of their and I was in the office and it lit up like someone struck a welding arc and then the walls shook...I was convinced they were dead in the back but it struck a fence pole that supports my gate. Ive lost 3 door alarm sensors in another strike, they were melted internally, In another strike, the junction trunk out on the street for the telephone company was struck once, melted a panel in side. I had my hand on my metal knob of the entrance to my shop and got a jolt from a strike about 500 ft away.

I dont screw around when it gets electrical outside, its pretty impressive what it can do.