Back to the lightning thread. What are the real odds of getting struck by lightning? Are they higher than that of winning the lottery? Are the sellers of lightning protection systems in the same reverence as the sellers of magnetic algae killers in your fuel lines? When I was very young( when dinosaurs ruled the earth) a smooth talking salesman sold my dad a lightning protection system for our buildings on the farm in the Canadian prairies. This area was prone to lightning strikes. Well it must have worked since we never had any buildings destroyed by lightning. It must also have been protecting all the neighbors since none of them had the system and they never were struck by lightning.
