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Q: Our house had lightning rods on the roof when we bought it 18 years ago. Now we have to replace the roof and I'm wondering if we should put the rods back up - they will have to be taken down to install the new roof shingles. The roofer doesn't think we need them. He says he almost never sees them on houses. Is there enough protection in the grounding of the house's electrical system to protect us? A: Lightning is a lethal phenomenon not to be taken lightly. You can count on it acting in strange and unpredictable ways. I've seen lightning protection on all sorts of buildings - houses, barns, churches, schools - even our new court house downtown sports lightning rods along the roof edge. But around here it's rare to see them on dwellings.
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Last weekOs thunderstorms brought more than rain (and thunder) to our area. We always should be watchful for lightning during these storm events, and it is one of the reasons we are cautioned to take shelter when a thunderstorm approaches. My old Boy Scout leader drummed it into our heads: Never stand under a tree or in an open field during a lightning storm!
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I think I remember that house builders long ago stopped putting lightning rods on houses because the metal plumbing stacks of indoor plumbing provided this protection. Now, with plastic plumbing stacks on most houses, are we vulnerable to lightning again? Is there enough protection in the grounding of the house's electrical system to help?
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Editor's note: Virginia Beach resident Jane Bloodworth Rowe is a Princess Anne County native and grew up in Sigma . She teaches communication at Old Dominion University and Tidewater Community College. She is also a Princess Anne correspondent for The Beacon.
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FAIRBORN -- Fairborn police are seeking information regarding the theft of an estimated $30,000 worth of copper wire used as grounding for lightning rods on five Fairborn City School buildings. Fairborn Superintendent Dave Scarberry said between 13,000 and 15,000 feet of copper wire was cut from the roofs of the five school buildings -- about 5,000 feet from Baker Middle School and another 2,500 feet from its east wing; 2,500 feet from Fair-born Intermediate School; 2,000 feet from Fairborn High School; and 1,000 feet from Wright Elementary School.
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MEXICO -- Peter and Mabel Merrill's house and barn at 285 Roxbury Road were ground zero for lightning strikes Tuesday morning. Shock waves of instantaneous thunder were deafening from three big blasts that superheated the air around the 200- to 250-year-old house and barn topped with lightning rods, Peter Merrill said.
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From goat to a hero in just day, that's life in the Big Apple when playing for George Steinbrenner. While Alex Rodriguez likely came in with this knowledge last season, he received a refresher course these last two days while playing the Red Sox. On Wednesday night, Rodriguez was the man getting all the cheers - his two-out home run giving the Yankees the lead and sparking them to a three- run fifth inning in a 7-3 win over Boston at Yankee Stadium Just 24 hours earlier, A-Rod was the bane of the Boss - singled out as the main culprit in the Yankees' ugly loss to the same Red Sox Tuesday night. So enraged was owner George Steinbrenner, that he never mentioned Rodriguez by name, referring to him only as "the third baseman.
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From goat to hero in just a day, that's life in the Big Apple when playing for Yankees owner George Steinbrenner. While Alex Rodriguez likely came in with this knowledge last season, he received a refresher course these last few days while playing the Red Sox. On Wednesday night, Rodriguez was the man earning some cheers - his two-out home run giving the Yankees the lead and sparking them to a three-run fifth inning in a 7-3 win over Boston at Yankee Stadium. Just 24 hours earlier, A-Rod was the bane of the Boss, singled out as the main culprit in the Yankees' ugly 14-3 loss to the same Red Sox Tuesday night. So enraged was Steinbrenner that he never mentioned Rodriguez by name, referring to him only as "the third baseman.
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Next time you hear somebody say, "The Steelers wouldn't sign a guy like that" or "The Steelers wouldn't draft a guy like that" -- intimating that the Steelers stay away from bad apples and controversial types -- feel free to laugh heartily in that person's face. For several hours. While the Steelers might not take on other people's lightning rods, they do an excellent job of manufacturing their own -- James Harrison being the latest example with his incendiary comments in the August issue of Men's Journal.
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If Buffalo didn't already know, it learned the hard way: Superintendents matter, and bad ones can do damage. That's why this is a pivotal moment in the crucial task of improving the future for the city's students. Leaders are always going to be lightning rods, but former superintendent James A. Williams was his own thunderstorm. He was extraordinarily confrontational from the start, and by the end of his six-year tenure, teachers and principals were thoroughly intimidated and dispirited. He insulted School Board members and concealed critical information from them. Even his supporters on the board ultimately agreed he had to go.
