Umpire as weatherman

[BretMan]

"Heat lightning" is, in fact, lightning. If it was present you shouldn't have been playing.

[teebob21]

Originally Posted by BretMan

"Heat lightning" is, in fact, lightning. If it was present you shouldn't have been playing.

Oh, I know exactly what it was. At the time, it was probably 10+ miles away. There isn't any way I could have convinced anyone to stop playing at that point.

You're from the Midwest, you know the type of clouds I'm talking about. I'm a big advocate of safety, but I can't properly express that situation on a forum.

[umpjim]

Originally Posted by BretMan

"Heat lightning" is, in fact, lightning. If it was present you shouldn't have been playing.

It is lightning but in areas where we call it "heat lightning" it's lightning well over 10 miles away which lights up the sky at night. You can see stuff 50 miles away and the actual bolts are not visible, just the illumination they produce.