Moblile homes and Lightning

[Kyle]

Well, we have a farm in the country that we bought a few years ago from a friend of the family. There is a MH on it, because they house that was there was struck by lightning and burned to the ground. The trailer is on a hill. Last week I noticed that a tree near the trailer was hit my lightning, this got me thinking, with all the lightning around, on a typical metal-roofed, metal sidinged MH, what would happen if it were hit by lightning? just wondering

& also, a few weeks ago we were up there & we had VERY bad thunderstorms at 1 in the morning with hail and wind and very bad lightning, the whole shibang, it wasn't exactly "fun"

[Harry]

Hi

Each lightning strike is different. The damage can be zero to a complete loss of property and even death.

We have a lot of lightning here. We have insurance. If I know a storm is on the way I unplug some of our electronics, no talking on the phone and sit on the couch.

Harry

[Greg]

Kyle, With that kind of voltage there really is not a lot you can do, just the luck of the draw.
One thing I WOULD do if I were you is invest in a weather alert radio. Any time the weather service issues an alert for your area there are warning tones that go off. Greg

[Kyle]

Kyle, With that kind of voltage there really is not a lot you can do, just the luck of the draw.
One thing I WOULD do if I were you is invest in a weather alert radio. Any time the weather service issues an alert for your area there are warning tones that go off. Greg

Well, we have a radio, I was just curious.

[Dean2]

That's what lightning rods are for,,but,,,don't mount it on the mobile home,,put it on the nearest tallest structure and run a heavy steel wire down to a ground rod that is driven in about 6' deep into the ground,,,the lightning will *usually* take the path of least resistance.

The old Boss and I had to fix a roof with a hole blasted in it by lightning,it then found an elec wire to follow and exited in a closet with metal rod blowing a big hole in the wall there too.