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There's not really anything that can be done about lightning strikes.

• ben_w 1y ago
  There is, it's just that we've been doing it for so long that it's gone from being a decorative motif to a boring and ugly background feature of the architecture: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightning_rod https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightning_rod The metal shell of most vehicles also protect the occupants from lightning strikes.
  • physicsguy 1y ago
    Sure but most people end up getting killed when walking/hiking across golf courses and fields and things in storms.
  • coldtea 1y ago
    Nothing to be done about the lighting strikes that kill people - exposed, in nature, doing stupid shit during storms. Not about those in cities averted by lighting rods.
  • quickthrowman 1y ago
    A lightning protection system only protects the building and the equipment attached to it. I suppose you could make an argument that it protects occupants from fires caused by lightning strikes, but it’s there to protect the building and equipment first and foremost. Fun fact: lightning rods are called air terminals.