Quick Answer. A lightning arrester protects telecommunication and electrical power systems from damage during a lightning strike. It accomplishes this by redirecting the current in the lightning to the ground.
Bloating, burping and passing gas are natural and are usually caused by swallowed air or the breakdown of food through digestion.
Just kidding â understandably, burping too much can be a real nuisance, and could be caused by a few different things going on in your body, including swallowing too much air and heartburn. Swallowing too much air may be the simplest explanation for your all-too-often belching. There are a number of surprisingly easy ways a person can ingest too much air: eating quickly or gulping down food and drink, using a drinking straw, chewing gum, or swallowing a lot due to nervousness.