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2. Lightning rod - Wikipedia

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   A lightning rod or lightning conductor (British English) is a metal rod mounted on a structure and intended to protect the structure from a lightning strike. If lightning hits the structure, it is most likely to strike the rod and be conducted to ground through a wire, rather than passing through the structure, where it could start a fire or ...

3. Lightning arrester - Wikipedia

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   Powerline worker performs maintenance of a lightning arrester on an electrical transmission tower in New Brunswick, Canada. A lightning arrester (alternative spelling lightning arrestor) (also called lightning isolator) is a device, essentially an air gap between an electric wire and ground, used on electric power transmission and telecommunication systems to protect the insulation and ...

4. Ring ground - Wikipedia

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   When lightning strikes a metal tower or strikes near a building containing electrical equipment, a large, rapidly changing magnetic field is generated. This magnetic field induces current onto power lines, often disrupting electrical service, and also induces current into other electrical conductors such as electrical equipment and even ...

5. Wild photos show lightning strikes over Paris Olympics

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   "Lightning was seen near the Eiffel Tower on the sixth day of the 2024 #ParisOlympics," TODAY's post reads. According to NBC News , lightning and rain forced evacuations from beach volleyball and ...

6. List of catastrophic collapses of broadcast masts and towers

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   Lattice steel tower 243 Storm Bithlo (near Orlando), Florida, US June 8, 1973: Guyed Steel Tower 457 Removal of load-bearing diagonals during FM antenna installation Multi-station tower supporting antennas of TV stations WDBO-TV, WFTV, and WMFE-TV, and radio stations WDBO-FM and WDIZ-FM – two workers on tower killed KCRG-TV Tower Walker, Iowa

7. Light tower (equipment) - Wikipedia

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   A light tower is a piece of mobile equipment which has one or more high-intensity electric lamps and a mast. Almost always, the lights are attached to the mast, which is attached to a trailer, with a generator set to power the lamps.

8. Moonlight tower - Wikipedia

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   A moonlight tower or moontower is a lighting structure designed to illuminate areas of a town or city at night. Only the collection of towers in Austin, Texas, have been termed historically "moonlight towers," a term that dates to the mid-20th century. The light from the towers was compared to moonlight, after they were installed in 1895.

9. Billabong, Quiksilver and Volcom stores to close in US after ...

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   Liberated Brands, the operator for Billabong, Quiksilver, and Volcom, filed for bankruptcy effectively closing the popular retailers in the U.S.