Ground Fault Protectors against lightning strike

Look in the 'Amateur Radio Operators Handbook" It will explain how to isolate your systems

I'm not sure where you are getting your information; normally you install lightning arrestors for protection on antenna, transient voltage surge suppressors (TVSS) for lighting protection on building services, ground-fault circuit interrupts for live protection (GFCI), and ground-fault protection of equipment (GFPE) for protection of equipment distribution systems.

Read paragraph 4 at: http://www.lightningsafety.noaa.gov/overview.htm

The key phrase there is "near water". The last "guest post" is correct. If you truly want to protect your equipment, look at a lightning arrestor, isolation transformer, etc. Isobar makes a decent product at a reasonable price. Coming from experience, it will still not handle a direct strike, but it will protect you from the more frequent close calls.

http://www.tripplite.com/products/suppressors/isobar.cfm

Oh, and to answer your original question, GCFI (ground circuit fault interrupt) outlets and breakers are installed just like any other, except that a good ground is required for them to work correctly.

For indoor use, I prefer the outlets over the breakers. You don't need both. The outlets are cheaper and have quicker response times considering that they are usually installed to protect against appliances short circuiting in water (toaster in the kitchen sink, hair dryer or curling iron in the bath tub, etc.

For outdoor use such as an outdoor outlet or connection to a hot tub or pool, I believe a breaker may be required.

The <...they...> is probably not a CR4 subscriber. So the best thing to do is get back to the <...National Weather Center...> directly and ask it to explain its recommendations.

The telephone is the best tool for this quest.