lightning rods
Tall metal spires
Lightning rods are metal devices mounted on structures to attract lightning and conduct it safely to the ground, protecting buildings from fire and damage.
Figuratively, a lightning rod is a person or thing that draws criticism or controversy: The policy became a lightning rod for public anger.
Someone may serve as a lightning rod deliberately, deflecting attacks from others.
- earthingElectrical safety connection
- ground wireConductor to earth
- Benjamin FranklinColonial American polymath statesman
- groundingConnecting to earth
- conductorOne who directs musicians
copper rod · arrester · surge protection · surge · dissipator · discharge · strikes · electrical grounding · electrode · Faraday cage · spark gap · St. Elmo's fire · electrical discharge · thunder · electrical storm · electric arc · rooftop · tall buildings
- safeguardssafeguards, safety valve, protections, kill switch, defenses
- Electricity HistoryMichael Faraday, Faraday, Benjamin Franklin, Franklin, Thomas Edison
- electrical gridpower grid, power grids, electrical grid, power line, power lines
- AmericanaAmerican flag, Fourth of July, bald eagle, Thanksgiving, apple pie
- public safetypolice, 911, ambulance, fire department, firefighters
- disaster preparednessemergency kit, evacuation plans, evacuation plan, early warning systems, storm shelter
lightning rodsinsulators
Materials blocking energy transfer
electrical insulators · rubber mats · dielectrics · rubber · glass
lightning rodsshields
Protective barriers for defense
deflectors · buffers · barriers · repellents · dispersers