Florida has been unseated as the lightning capital of the U.S. and Texas became the nation’s hotspot for storm intensity last year, according to preview of a new report.

Some stories sound exaggerated until you discover every detail is documented. Roy Cleveland Sullivan lived one of those lives. Born in rural Virginia in 1912, he grew up near the mountains he would ...

Lightning rod without glass globe or weather vane, single point on top (worn flat), 2 ceramic ring insulators. "R.[or B?] H. B.[?] & Co. No. 73", 64"x12"9" molded on insulators, "Cole Bros Pat. Dec.