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<blockquote data-quote="greybeard" data-source="post: 1023806" data-attributes="member: 18945"><p>It is <em>drawn</em> toward the tallest things around, but the actual strike point isn't always that tall pine. If it has enough charge to go straight to where it really wants to go (earth ground) it will bypass the trees and find the best conductor around.</p><p>When I was struck decades ago, there were tall trees all around me, but that barbed wire fence I was working on made for a better conductor. By the same token, when our house was struck in the 60s (metal roof and metal sides), it didn't hit the peak of the roof or even the TV antenna that stuck up over the peak--it hit a 4" cast iron pipe that was vent for the sewer drain just under the eave of the roof.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="greybeard, post: 1023806, member: 18945"] It is [i]drawn[/i] toward the tallest things around, but the actual strike point isn't always that tall pine. If it has enough charge to go straight to where it really wants to go (earth ground) it will bypass the trees and find the best conductor around. When I was struck decades ago, there were tall trees all around me, but that barbed wire fence I was working on made for a better conductor. By the same token, when our house was struck in the 60s (metal roof and metal sides), it didn't hit the peak of the roof or even the TV antenna that stuck up over the peak--it hit a 4" cast iron pipe that was vent for the sewer drain just under the eave of the roof. [/QUOTE]
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