Does Your Insurance Cover Lightning Strikes?
By Diane Tait Image courtesy Pixabay It’s that time of year again in Florida when the skies suddenly darken midday and it sounds like an artillery barrage. I’m talking about thunderstorms, which occur with regularity in the Sunshine State from April through September. While pop-up storms are an all too frequent fact of life during the spring and summer, what’s scary about the flash, bang, boom of lightning is the damage it can do to people, places, and things. Like it or not, a bolt from the blue can travel up to ten miles to deliver as much as a billion volts from cloud to ground. Lightning strikes have been known to set a house ablaze or cut a tree in two in a split second. A single bolt can damage or destroy your car or kill you in an instant. If you’ve ever wondered what can happen if your home or vehicle is struck by lightning, here’s what you need to know.