How did the lightning rod help people?

Answer 1

he invented the lightening rod because he had allready experimented by flying a kite in the rain and with a key on the string when the storm had passed through the string he held the key and felt the electricity power then he understood that he had to make something new to light up the city with his inventions

yaminee .c

12th grade/

Answer 2

Back in the first years of our country's independence people like Benjamin Franklin started looking for ways to keep people and businesses safe from natural and unnatural occurrences. One thing they noticed was that lightning usually struck the tallest thing around, which in a city was usually the church tower and the city hall tower. Being as just about everything was made of wood, this very often started a fire which is very dangerous to the citizens, and very expensive to repair. With several people's scientific and accidental discoveries, it was soon obvious that metals like copper could cause lightning (they hadn't called it electricity yet) to move along more predictable paths with less damage to structures if some of it was made into a "lightning path" between the top of the tower and the ground. They sometimes made entire roofs of copper, but more often simply put copper rods (on the spots with the most char marks) connected to an earth ground by a thick wire.

Answer 3

The lightning rod helped people by providing a safe path for lightning to travel down from buildings and structures into the ground, preventing fires and protecting people from potential harm during thunderstorms. It revolutionized the way buildings were protected from lightning strikes.

Answer 4

It helped the people because it caused way less fires