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Myth: A lightning rod prevents a building from being struck by lightning.
Fact: Not true. A lightning rod attracts the bolt to itself, and then a conducting wire directs the charge to the ground.
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Tom Skilling is chief meteorologist at WGN-TV. His forecasts can be seen Monday through Friday on WGN-TV News at noon and 9 p.m.
WGN-TV meteorologists Steve Kahn, Richard Koeneman and Paul Dailey plus weather producer Bill Snyder contribute to this page.
