1.   A complete lightning protection system, consisting of air terminals, bases, conductors and groundings, can be concealed within the framework of the structure.

2.   A lightning protection system is designed to control or redirect a lightning strike on a specified path.

3.   A lightning protection system provides it with such a path to the ground, carrying the current around the structure.

4.   A lightning protection system was installed, too, concealed beneath the copper and slate.

5.   Brodie, a lightning protection consultant for the FAA, said he believes his family owes their lives to England and other local meteorologists.

6.   But even a properly grounded antenna does not afford adequate lightning protection for the average home.

7.   However, residential lightning protection systems are frequently installed, Shaw said, and are especially advisable for frame houses in vulnerable areas.

8.   Lightning protection is sophisticated, a system of rods connected by cable and then grounded.

9.   Proper lightning protection is a lasting investment, as Robert McCracken and his wife, Sarah, can attest.

10.   State-of-the-art lightning protection systems can help protect lives and property.