Agree or disagree?lol I saw this on Facebook
As a storm passes, charges within the cloud tend to develop downward stepped leaders. At the same time, upward charged streamers occur from earth based objects. The taller the object, the more likely the leader and streamer will make a connection, thus allowing for the transfer of charge resulting the lightning flash. The lightning rod is a strike termination device. It is one component to a lightning protection system. Connected to the lightning rod is a down conductor. This conductor extends to the earth and connects to a grounding electrode. The purpose is to provide a low impedance path for the surge currents to flow to earth thus reducing the possibility of fire and structural damage due to high voltage and current passing through combustible materials and other building materials. Lighting rods and conventional lightning protection does not protect the premise wiring. Only Surge Protection and other grounding and bonding practices can help to mitigate the effects of lightning.
Heat can definitely make some smoke detectors go off. I have hard wired detectors in my home that will go off if you walk under them right out of a hot shower on a cool morning. Not the best way to wake up the rest of the house!
