What precautions can we take, if any, to keep the house safe? Aside from basic things, like having candles and food ready. What are the dangerous involved in a lightening storm. It was REALLY loud. Our phones went out and if it wern't for a surge protectoer, our computers would have too. Our dvd player even broke!
2006-07-12 11:43:23 · 7 answers · asked by ChaChaChingThing 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Weather
Put up a lightning rod!
A standard outdoor TV antenna will do the trick, IF it is properly grounded. First make sure your antenna is higher than anywhere else on your house. Your best bet is to use a standard 75 ohm coax lead-in, and run the coax thru a "grounding block" (easily obtainable) before it enters the house. Then GROUND the heck out of that grounding block by running a conductor from the grounding block to a really solid ground, like a copper stake driven 3 feet (1 meter) or deeper into the ground near your house.
That should drain away any excess buildup of static electricity harmlessly into the air, protecting your house from a strike. It will NOT protect your house if a nearby object (like a tree) is struck. So to be on the safe side, in a lightning storm, unplug all electronics, don't use the telephone, and don't take a bath.
2006-07-12 12:11:44 · answer #1 · answered by Keith P 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Whenever lightning strikes nearby, immediately start looking for fires. The heat from the bolt could directly ignite wood, if for example it struck a chimney. Overcurrent along electrical wiring could arc and start a fire inside the walls or anywhere else in your house, even if it did not directly hit your home. In some instances, thin flexible gas tubing at the furnace, stove, dryer, and water heaters might arc to ground, simultaneously buring a hole through the tubing and providing a spark to ignite the gas as it escapes. So if it strikes nearby again, don't huddle up and hide - aggressively start looking and smelling for smoke for the next half hour or so.
Keep a cell phone. Your land lines might also go down, and you will need a way to call for help if necessary.
As far as prevention is concerned, there is not anything inexpensive or that can be done quickly. To properly protect a house against lightning strikes is a very involved process, and generally not worth the expense due to the unliklihood of an actual strike.
2006-07-12 12:05:01 · answer #2 · answered by eric.s 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Unplug all of your digital contraptions. do not talk on corded phones. do not take a bath or run water. Do little need any of your kitchen domicile equipment. anticipate the hurricane to bypass! those ladies in my city had a foul experience about a month in the past. The lightning hit a palm tree interior sight, it traveled down the electric powered route, hit a elementary that replaced into plugged in and stuck on hearth. They were able to positioned out the hearth inspite of the actuality that. those issues are very uncommon inspite of the actuality that.
2016-12-10 08:40:48 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Use surge protectors and don't stand near the pole. Oh and no showers and talking on a corded land-line.
2006-07-12 18:41:34 · answer #4 · answered by amish_renegade 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
first get some lightening rods and during a Storm stay away from anything electric and the windows then you will be safe.
2006-07-18 07:54:50 · answer #5 · answered by wolf 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try unplugging all major electronics, TV, Stereo, Computer... etc
2006-07-12 11:48:01 · answer #6 · answered by marisanj 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
log off yahoo and turn off the computer right now!
2006-07-12 11:50:07 · answer #7 · answered by galactic_man_of_leisure 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋