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Originally Posted by voiceoflg
First game of the season last night and Mother Nature wasn't ready for it to start. A two hour lightning delay before the opening kick kept me awake much later than I wanted. In Georgia, they must wait 30 minutes after the last lightning strike before the players go out on the field, then a 30 minute warm up before the game. We thought all quieted down when 26 minutes after what we thought was the last strike, a bolt hits behind the visiting stands.
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That's when we would have gone home.
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Originally Posted by Robert Goodman
But seriously, I've seen a field ringed with tall light towers and closed for lightning. Those metal towers would be such effective lightning protection, there's no way lighting could strike inside that ring, but they closed it anyway.
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I don't know who told you such nonsense. I just hope it doesn't get you killed.
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Last edited by BktBallRef; Sat Sep 01, 2007 at 11:37pm.
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