At any instant, more than 2,000 thunderstorms are happening throughout the world. A lightning strike to an unprotected home can be disastrous. Packing up to 100 million volts of electricity and a force comparable to that of a small nuclear reactor, lightning has the power to rip through roofs, explode walls of brick and concrete, and ignite deadly fires.

According to the NASA Kennedy Space Center, lightning-generated fires destroy more than 30,000 buildings in the U.S. at a loss of hundreds of millions of dollars each year. Thousands of homeowners suffer from lightning's costly surge damage to sensitive electronics and appliances such as televisions, computers, telephones, stereo and home-security systems, lawn sprinkler systems and garage door openers.

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