Originally Posted by
ItsJustMe
. . .my house has a TV antenna on top of it, 30 feet in the air, grounded steel pipe sticking straight up. It's been standing here for 17 years now through every thunderstorm. I've seen lightning strike within 30 feet of it, and yet the house still hasn't been hit. . .
How do you know it has not been hit? Your TV antenna and steel pipe are grounded. They are designed to pass the lightning right into the earth. The point is that you would not notice.