Lightning is nature’s way of equalizing the voltage between storm clouds and the earth. For a strike to occur, a connection must be made. Lightning is an electric discharge that attempts to equalize voltage between storm clouds and the earth. The difference in polarity between the bottom of the cloud and the ground is the charge differential. When this charge differential is high, the cloud begins to form downward leaders and objects on the ground begin to form upward streamers. When a leader connects with a streamer, it gives lightning a path for exchanging charge between the earth and the cloud, reducing the charge differential to upward streamers.The DAS interrupts the formation of these upward streamers through point discharge, a phenomenon where a well-grounded point exchanges ions between the air and the ground. DAS technology interrupts the formation of upward streamers preventing direct strikes to keep your operations running through the storm.