lightning

[canadaump6]

Originally Posted by BigUmp56

Do your dugouts have dirt floors and no roof?

Tim.

They have dirt floors and a tin roof. They're made of chain link fencing, so they're more like "bench areas".

[SAump]

Did you know that 75% of the people struck by lightning are struck with a blue-sky overhead?

The Flash-to-Bang method, whenever used correctly, may save some of the lightning strike victims. LDS provide a bit of "bang for the buck" for those victims standing beneath those blue skies. Cheap personal lightning detection systems range from $40 {10-miles}, $200 {30-miles}, up to $900 {60-miles}. A simple Radio Shack portable weather radio costs $20.

I see how the need for athletic uniforms, equipment, field and facility maintenance or repair, and utilities outweigh the need for LDS. These are more pressing concerns for small groups on a budget w/out adding communication and safety equipment . Expensive LDS were installed at country clubs {golf, swimming and tennis} a long time ago. I would expect newer facilities to have access to portable units, or access to hand-held radios in touch w/ local weather service providers.

[bob jenkins]

Originally Posted by canadaump6

The lightning was followed by a small rumble of thunder about 10 seconds later.

So it was about two miles away. If that happens in my game, we're suspending -- right now. I don't care where the players go -- even to those lightnign attractors you call dugouts. *I'M* going to my car.

I will agree that if the flash-to-bang time is close to the 30 seconds recommended, that was the first we've seen / heard, and we're nearly at the last out, I might let the game continue for a while.