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Old 06-28-2011, 04:57 PM
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please explain the logic of a lightning strike

During that big storm the other week, the tenant of a house I am renting out calls me and tells me that lightning struck right outside the house. Check out these pics.
The lightning blew a big hole in a rock wall, which is 4 feet from the side of the house, 2.5 stories high with a peaked attic. It blew dirt and mud up onto the roof of the house and there are mud splatters on the second story windows and whole side of the house. I found mud splatters 30-40 feet away. Im amazed that it avoided both the lightning rod on the roof, and the A/C unit 3 feet away.

Why would the shortest path be through this low stone wall? it is right next to the house, and also on the bottom of a hill, apart from the walk, its actually the lowest surface in the area, probably for over 50 feet.

Im pretty happy that all I have to do is get another bush for right there, and repair the wall vs fix a huge hole in the roof, replace the A/C unit, or be dealing with fire damage, but Im curious how with all the other far more conductive things in the immediate area, the stone wall is whats destroyed


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