[netcruiser]

I live in a super high lightning area. No matter how good your protection, if you get struck directly, everything is fried. But that's not your biggest problem as you'll rarely if ever get hit directly. The electronics killer is static electricity that builds up everywhere during an electric storm. For this your DB and plug lightning/surge protectors work quite well. The rod on the roof helps preventing direct strikes, good grounding helps with static build-up. You can even put a copper wire around the perimeter of your property to equalise/move the static electricity. Nothing helps when you get struck directly.