Electrical and Lighting: Is this a Lightening strick ?

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Author Content rentman Frankfort, KY (Zone 6a) September 26, 2007 10:01 AM Post #4018809 Had to take down my 35' flag pole to replace the rope and when I looked at the top it was discolored. I think it was hit by lightening ? ? Click the image for an enlarged view. ecrane3 Dublin, CA (Zone 9a) September 26, 2007 10:07 AM Post #4018818 I think it's more likely it's just a bit of uneven weathering and corrosion--if it was a brand new flagpole maybe I'd suspect something else, but if it's been there for a while I think that's more likely. Of course I've never seen what something like that would look like if it had been struck by lightning, so this is really just a guess! rentman Frankfort, KY (Zone 6a) September 26, 2007 3:44 PM Post #4019999 Thanks for the reply... We bought this house 5 months ago the pole has been up 'for many years' and there are lightening rods with heavy ground wires all over the roof and they all come down to the Flag pole so... It's raining right now so maybe I'll get the pole back up tomorrow.

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