The Grounding Wire
Every building with a lightning rod has a secret most people notice: the grounding wire. That thick copper cable runs from the rod on the...
This is stories & illustrations, drawing on James 4:7.
Every building with a lightning rod has a secret most people notice: the grounding wire. That thick copper cable runs from the rod on the roof straight down into the earth, buried eight feet deep in moist soil. When a bolt of lightning — three hundred million volts of raw, searing power — strikes the rod, the grounding wire channels all that destructive energy harmlessly into the ground.…
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