Why NFPA 780, Standard for the Installation of Lightning Protection Systems is inadequate

NFPA 780, Standard for the Installation of Lightning Protection Systems, formerly known as NFPA 78, The Lightning Protection Code, is an industry wide standard that has been revised numerous times since the first revision in 1904. Recent articles about the theories of lightning have cast serious doubts about the validity of the basic technology and science underlying traditional lightning protection systems. The articles claim that the science underlying traditional lightning protection systems violate basic physics. Therefore, NFPA 780, as it is written, may be a liability rather than an asset for the lightning protection industry.