WHEN LIGHTNING STRIKES

Here is some photos from this week…lightning is devastating!

This weeks lightning has proved to be the worst we have had in some time.  It is not often that submersibles are damaged due to direct hits from Lightning.  I have one well that has a split casing and may need to be entirely replaced.  We are attempting to repair casing with a liner.

Nothing can protect a pump from a direct hit of lightning.  Even Lightning Rods have been installed in yards where wells have taken direct hits.  Lightning seeks the best ground possible and a well is the perfect environment.

I have been hired by insurance companies to investigate Lightning strike damage claims.  We use storm and lightning data put out by NOAA and The Weather Channel to show a pattern.  This time of year is the worst.

Unfortunately, there is very little you can do to protect your pump inside the well.  It is one of the risks we take for living on this wonderful, but sometimes dangerous earth.

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Jody Anderson