lightning conductor

Okay here goes: Step 1, find a long metal pole (the longer, the better). Step 2, dig a deep hole in the ground whose diameter is a little bit more than the diameter of the pole (the deeper, the better BUT not too deep....) Step 3, stick the pole in the hole (this is why the hole can't be too deep, you want most of the pole sticking into the air. Step 4, fill the dirt around the sides of the pole. Important things to note: The height of the pole will detemine the area on the group protected from lighting strikes (on average). Curiously, as with most things in nature, this protection falls away exponentially. You can work out the height of the pole needed simply by plotting an exponential curve and wrapping it around the y axis. PS enochiansorcerer knows what he's talking about