Davis anemometer and lightning

Yes, yes it can.

A few years ago I had a cloud to ground strike about 125’ from our house, into the side of a hill covered with trees. How it avoided a 100’ grounded (maybe that’s why) tower on the side of my house I will never know.

I had the usual TVs, stereos, computers, UPSs, DirecTV receivers, phone and phone systems go out.

Approx. $5,000 later and a couple months of fiddling and getting replacements, I’m back to normal, but will never forget the noise that made. It did not hit the power to the house, nor any of the other lines coming into the house. And the lights in the house didn’t even flicker.

Dale