Earth to Milky way , Without the ground rod 8 feet down and grounding your
netural and grounds of all you appliances. If for some strange reason you
would
loose the ground wire coming to your home. Every appliance Stove, ovens,
light
fixtures, gas and water lines, Plumbing fixtures, washers & driers, and
Refrigerators & freezers will have 120 volts on all the metal parts of them.

Uh...right. In fact, in 50 plus years of intelligently managing my wiring and
grounding, I have never had a fire and no one jolted by electricity. I have
seen plenty of neighbors with problems from lightning. According the "the best
advice" I am getting, I should either have died 50 years ago or can expect to
be electrocuted tomorrow. Rubbish.