A little off-topic - Lightning and Electrical Components

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Originally Posted by squirrel

If you want to completely protect electronic equipment from lightning, unplug it and put the device in the middle of the room, as far away from anything conductive as you can. This is probably only necessary when there are clouds in the sky.

Launching it into space would be a much more complete solution, provided you shield it from cosmic rays and solar winds. Also, it is best to implement the protection if clouds are anywhere in the area since lightning doesn't always travel straight down.

However, if you read on in that Wikipedia article I linked to, the idea of using lasers and rockets to trigger the lightning along a known path sounds interesting.