Palms versus Florida lightning

[Advective]

For the lightning hotbeds of Florida - Tampa/St. Pete, Miami area, etc. - are there any viable defenses to protect mature palms? Along the lines of the really tall ones, such as W. Robusta or Roystonea

I've read about the lightning protection systems that use a lightning rod at the crown attached to a grounded cable. I haven't seen mention of palms with them so I'm unsure if they're compatible.

Any other ideas? Plant next to really a tall pine?

[Ken Johnson]

For tall palms lightning is the number one natural palm killer.  I have seen it wipe out many palms at once too including the short ones around a tall one. Replacements in the wings are good to have....

[tropicbreeze]

Lightning mostly strikes along the front of my place near the roadway. But it did strike near the house and killed 6 of my tall coconuts plus several smaller plants around them. There were some taller trees close by but none of them have shown any sign of damage. Some trees just seem to make better lightning conductors and coconuts are high up on the list. Probably the most effective defence against it is prayer.

[Sanips]

I'm sure it works also with palms. In this photo yo can se a redwoods in Spain protected with a lightning rod.

Yo only have to choose one with the enough scope of protection.