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To: editor-surveyor
Why don't skyscrapers topple when hit by lightning?

Answer? Grounding cables.

77 posted on 08/14/2018 1:51:29 PM PDT by Fresh Wind (Trump: "I am Batman!")
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To: Fresh Wind

Steel frame structures are their own grounding cable.


78 posted on 08/14/2018 2:13:07 PM PDT by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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