Lightning guidelines

[Tru_in_Blu]

Found this old post, so thought I'd ask my question here.

I arrived at a men's wreck league game the other night. It was 15 minutes before game time and we had lightning and a huge thunderclap. I drove into the main field area from the parking lot and informed the players there that we'd be waiting 30 minutes from that last boomer, and another 30 for any subsequent flashes/thunder.

They protested that it wasn't game time yet. I'm assuming their argument was that any lightning/thunder that occurred prior to game time does not come into play for purposes of holding up a game.

I told them my clock was already running and we'd not play until we had had 30 minutes lightning/thunder-free skies.

Turned out to be a moot point as a few minutes later, the field was deluged and made the decision easy.

Most of these guys probably had the incentive to start on time because it was the 6th game of the NHL Finals and they wanted to get home to see it. (That part was accomplished.)

Thoughts on when you start your clocks or if there is an specific game time mandate?

Thanx.