Avionics and flight control systems, if improperly designed, are critically vulnerable to a spike in current from a lightning strike. Today engineers install these systems with surge protection ...

THE 169-year-old Serkam Pantai mosque in Melaka, which was struck by lightning recently, shows that no building, new or old, is safe from this destructive natural phenomenon. The minaret of the ...

What to do if you are caught outside in a lightning storm. If you are outside when a storm approaches, the safest thing to do is get indoors immediately. But if no shelter is avai ...

Lightning protection systems use large copper cables ... Stay away from isolated tall trees, towers or utility poles. Lightning tends to strike the taller objects in an area.

Lightning protection systems use large copper cables ... Stay away from isolated tall trees, towers or utility poles. Lightning tends to strike the taller objects in an area.

Stay away from water and metal objects, such as fences and poles. Water and metal do not attract lightning, but they are excellent conductors of electricity. LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Each year ...

The company plans to spend several hundred thousand yen to install lightning protection breakers on its ... such as trees or utility poles. Lightning that hits a tree or pole can fly through ...

Heady was leaning against one of the metal poles on the dock as lightning ... If sturdy shelter isn’t nearby, a car can ...