Posted by RayP(MI) on October 08, 2014 at 10:26:51 from (207.241.143.27):
Checking on neighbor's place the other day. Noticed a spot on the side of his steel sided polebarn, about the side of a penny. Close inspection - looks like lightning hit one nail on side of barn. Nail head missing and shank burned. Hole enlarged to about twice the size of the shank of nail. Inside, there is some staining on the purlin, like someone spilled coffee on it, and smoke marks on inside of siding. Romax cables on purlin untouched. All electrical in the building appears intact.
I've been involved with electrical for a long time. 40 years as a ham radio operator, well grounded (no pun intended) in AC and DC theory... Even taught electrical and electronics on the university level. I have decided lightning makes it's own rules. Why pick on a nail on the side of a steel building, when there's all that metal all around? Weird, huh?
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