Maryland Weather: A good thing - Sun reporter Frank Roylance blogs on meteorology

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July 1, 2005

A good thing

A reader from Owings Mills asks if her lightning rods are "a good thing."
The Maryland State House has used them for over two hundred years.
There have been many reports of vibrations from lightning strikes, which may explain the "ping" you hear from your chandelier.
- Jean Packard, filling in today for the vacationing Weather Blog editor

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About Frank Roylance

Frank Roylance is a reporter for The Baltimore Sun. He came to Baltimore from New Bedford, Mass. in 1980 to join the old Evening Sun. He moved to the morning Sun when the papers merged in 1992, and has spent most of his time since covering science, including astronomy and the weather. One of The Baltimore Sun's first online Web logs, the Weather Blog debuted in October 2004. In June 2006 Frank also began writing comments on local weather and stargazing for The Baltimore Sun's print Weather Page.

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