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Roof leak repair company in Lakeside, FL, Roof Link Inc., is now using Owens Corning shingles for all repairs and roof replacements completed in North Florida. This changes to these superior shingles is a result to improve home and business owner safety during unpredictable severe weather. Lakeside, Florida (PRWEB) September 10, 2012 Roof leak repair can be a devastating and costly expense for any homeowner. For homeowners in states like Florida, roof leak repair is a common occurrence....
TUSCUMBIA, Ala., Aug. 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Firestone Building Products today announced plans to more than double the size of its Shoals, Alabama TPO manufacturing plant located in Tuscumbia, adding 150,000 square feet to the existing building. Alabama Commerce Secretary Greg Canfield, Firestone senior management, Tuscumbia Mayor Bill Shoemaker, and Shoals Economic Development Authority (SEDA) representatives attended the lease-signing at the Alabama Music Hall of Fame...
MIAMI, Aug. 14, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Tile of Spain, the international brand representing 200 ceramic tile manufacturers belonging to the Spanish Ceramic Tile Manufacturers' Association (ASCER), is proud to announce their newly designed website www.tileofspainusa.com featuring updated multimedia channel, weekly blogs, events, press releases, new search tool for locating a Tile of Spain manufacturer and inspiration gallery. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120814/NY56692...
MARYVILLE, Mo., July 10, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/-- Researchers at Langmuir Laboratory for Atmospheric Research at the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology in Socorro report new discoveries about lightning from data obtained in a funded research project established to measure stroke activity. The "Charles B. Moore Fund" was organized in 2010 through a $20,000 donation from the Lightning Protection Institute (LPI) in honor of the late Professor Charles B. Moore,...
SAN FRANCISCO, July 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Sollega is proud to announce that we will present the improved InstaRack racking system for the first time at the Intersolar 2012. The InstaRack ballasted solar racking system is engineered for flat roof solar installations. The system is quick to install and has the least number of parts when compared with other racking systems currently on the market. Manufactured from HDPE (high-density polyethylene) with a built-in UV inhibitor, the...
GIA announces the release of a comprehensive global report on Lightning Protection Technologies (LPT) markets. The global market for Lightning Protection Technologies is projected to reach US$1.05 billion by 2018, spurred by significant rise in number of lightning strikes, fatalities as well as mounting infrastructure losses in recent years. The urgent need to minimize huge loss of life and property underscores the importance of immediate and effective measures for installation and...
New I.I.I. Lightning Video Can Help Save Your Life NEW YORK, June 27, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Getting struck by lightning is no laughing matter, but a new animated video produced by the Insurance Information Institute (I.I.I) uses humor to bring home the important lesson: when thunder roars, go indoors. Entitled 'Beyond Thunder Dumb: When Lightning Strikes...', the video is available on both the I.I.I.'s website and its YouTube channel. It offers safety tips from the...
TAMPA, Fla., June 21, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- City of Tampa Mayor, Bob Buckhorn is declaring June 24-30, 2012, Lightning Safety Awareness Week, noting that education is the key to understanding lightning's dangers. Lightning safety advocates from the Lightning Protection Institute (LPI), the Lightning Safety Alliance (LSA), the National Weather Service (NWS) and other partnering organizations joined Mayor, Bob Buckhorn and Tampa Fire and Rescue Chief, Thomas Forward for a...
WHEAT RIDGE, Colo., June 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Although SlateTec Inc. has been in the lightweight slate roofing industry for 12 years, it took the right ownership and business plan to make it in today's economy. With giant corporations and tough opposition around every corner, SlateTec needed to find an edge on the competition. What they found was that simply being honest and portraying themselves for what they were was the key to success. SlateTec was never a huge corporation or...
INDIANAPOLIS, June 4, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Firestone Building Products Company, LLC today announced the company will be the sole roofing distributor of the SunWave SMRT (solar motion response technology) Daylighting Solution to commercial roofing contractors. SunWave SMRT allows businesses and schools to reduce their energy use for lighting by 50-80%. According to Riaz Hasan, Product Manager for Accessories, "As daylighting and other non-electrical lighting options emerge,...
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When we think of thunderstorms we have to remember the deadliest part of those storms and that is the lightning that occurs with them. Lightning is found in many forms. The first type of lightning is known as cloud to cloud meaning that the electric charge travels from one cloud to the other. The second type of lightning is the Cloud to Air meaning the lighting moves from the cloud and enters the clear air of the sky. A third type of lightning is the cloud to ground. This is the most...
A lightning rod is a metal conductor mounted on the top of a building and connected through a wire to the ground to protect the building from lightning. The rod should conduct the electricity from a lightning strike down through the wire instead of passing through the building. The rod is just a single component in the lightning protections system along with rooftop conductors and multiple conductive paths. Benjamin Franklin invented the lightning rod in 1749. The taller the building the...
