On Saturday, July 6, 2019 at 6:32:34 AM UTC-10, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> On 7/6/2019 11:52 AM, wrote:
> > On Saturday, July 6, 2019 at 10:09:27 AM UTC-5, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> >>
> >> On Saturday, July 6, 2019 at 11:00:39 AM UTC-4, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> >>>
> >>> I was able to sit out and watch
> >>> and listen to the storm. It was thunder in stereo as I could hear it
> >>> coming from different sides. Same with the bolts of lightening. It was
> >>> neat to be able to watch.
> >>>
> >> Nice. I love a good thunderstorm. When they say "take cover", I head
> >> for our covered deck.
> >>
> >> Cindy Hamilton
> >>
> > Y'all be careful on those covered decks and lanais. I had a friend who had
> > 4 Persian cats laying on their covered deck and lightning struck the covered
> > portion and killed the cats. Freak strike and accident for sure.
> >
>
> The uncovered portion is screened with metal framing and screen. I
> wonder if it would work like a Faraday cage?
>
> A few years back in CT there was a strike someplace near the detached
> garage. It jumped to a floodlight and traveled back to the house and
> took out a receptacle, circuit breaker, TV, stereo receiver, doorbell
> transformer.

A Faraday cage is a grounded shield to suppress radio waves but my guess is that it would be attractive to lightning. I suppose you could build a metal cage around your house and keep it insulated from the earth. That might be a little impractical. Your best bet is to move the hell away from the area.

I don't much care for lightning. Good thing we don't get much over here. When we do get lighting, the sound of thunder bounces off the long mountain range and we hear it as a continuous report. It's rolling thunder - the real stuff.