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Originally Posted by Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.
BUT actually seeing lightning or actually hearing thunder trumps a lightning detection system that does not detect lightning when it is confirmed visually.
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And my experience was the exact opposite. I clearly saw and heard it, but I was told that we keep playing until the siren sounds. It floors me that an official involving a game being played by young children would have that attitude.
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Originally Posted by Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.
Rich has commented upon and NFHS recommendation with regard to cloud to cloud lightning. I do not officiate football like Rich and can only assume that this is something that will be discussed at baseball and softball meetings in the Spring for the benefit of we umpires. Hopefully, Rich can elaborate more on the recommendation. That said, cloud to cloud lightning send me off the baseball or softball diamonds.
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Well, I'm no meteorologist, but to me, lightning is lightning. Can someone unequivocally say that if you see so-called cloud-to-cloud or intracloud lightning, there is no chance for cloud-to-ground lightning to take place as well?
Now, if you're talking about sheet lightning where you can't even hear any thunder, yeah, that might be something you can play through since it's so far away. But where I live, there's just too many hills and trees to see that happening.