[Strawbale] Lightening and one foot standing

[Frank Tettemer]

When I was about twelve, I watched a young lifeguard
call in the swimmers as a storm approached.
Lightning struck the lifeguard stand, just as he was lowering it,
and arced across from the stand
to his broad, flat metal military-style belt buckle.
After his funeral I remember an explanation from
the local fireman on the scene, that if he hadn't been holding on to the 
lifeguard stand, that he still would have received a tremendous shock 
from the
"current through his legs".

Me, when I see thunder storms approaching,
I wonder about the vulnerability of
a Faraday Cage, surrounding a home,
ESPECIALLY if the cage was grounded.
(?)
And at the same time, I can also imagine it
to act like lightening protection!
Duality.

Dominion Lightening Rod Company,
in Southern Ontario might add experience to this discussion.
It was their company that designed and installed the massive lightening 
rods in the
CN Tower, Toronto. 
And it has been attracting thousands of hits
per year;  and at the same time, drawing lightening strikes
away from a three to five kilometer area of the city.

I have only built with  Tenax Cintiflex, or
(with no mesh), but always
using metal diamond lathe to form window and door reveals.

I like the results.
(But should I have grounded them?)

Frank Tettemer
Living Sol ~ Building and Design
www.livingsol.com