[time-nuts] thoughts on lightning arrestors

[Bob Camp]

Hi

Well…. based on the last time I was up on the roof … I’d say it’s as much due to a very well designed lightning protection system. 

Bob

> On Nov 28, 2014, at 5:09 PM, Alberto di Bene <dibene at usa.net> wrote:
> 
> On 11/28/2014 6:57 PM, Bob Camp wrote:
> 
>> /A mountain top (or skyscraper top) communications setup can be designed to//
>> //take multiple direct lightning hits an hour and keep right on going and do//
>> //it for may years. There are//*lots*//  of systems out there like that./
> 
> Last April 25 there was a direct hit on the St. Pietro church in the State of Vatican in Rome...
> 
> http://www.meteoweb.eu/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/fulmine-San-Pietro.jpg
> 
> No damages whatsoever reported. But one could always argue that that church enjoys a
> special level of protection.... :-)
> 
> 73  Alberto  I2PHD
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