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Post by tog on Jul 16, 2006 12:00:30 GMT -6
when do you go in?
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Post by coachjd on Jul 16, 2006 12:37:32 GMT -6
The Minnesota State High School League has a policy that once you see lightning you are supposed to go in.
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Post by coachjd on Jul 16, 2006 12:44:36 GMT -6
this is from our high school league.
"Lightning/Threatening Weather When weather conditions present a threat to the safety of participants and spectators, the host school superintendent or his/her designee has the authority to postpone or suspend the contest.
While lightning on the horizon should warn of potential danger, lightning associated with thunder or thunder alone means that there is immediate danger to athletes, officials, and spectators. The adage — "If you can hear it, clear it." — should be used to make decisions to postpone or cancel the activity. Lightning can strike 10 miles ahead of or behind the storm front and thunderhead clouds."
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Post by blb on Jul 16, 2006 13:01:15 GMT -6
In Michigan the rule is if you hear thunder or see lightning you must leave the field for 30 minutes. Each rumble or flash starts a new 30-minute count.
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Post by gamedog on Jul 16, 2006 19:14:07 GMT -6
I go in as soon as I see it.
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Post by coachjblair on Jul 16, 2006 19:21:18 GMT -6
Yeah I think most teams go as soon as they see it.
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Post by phantom on Jul 16, 2006 19:32:12 GMT -6
Define "see it", please. Do you mean a faint flash with a roll of thunder several seconds later?
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Post by chiefscoach on Jul 17, 2006 7:37:32 GMT -6
Our trainer actually has some sort of lightning meter and it tells us how far the lightning is so we go by that.
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Post by fbdoc on Jul 17, 2006 9:14:38 GMT -6
We also have a detection device that our trainer uses. We have it set for a 10-15 mile range and if we clear the field it's for 10 minutes and the meter must be "quiet" for the entire period. Each flash starts a new 10 minutes.
We are in South Florida and the storms can move through our area quickly or linger. I would encourage all coaches in lightning areas to use sound judgment and err on the side of caution - last year our area had a lightning related death at a football game. The game had been called by the school but the players, cheerleaders, and fans were still lingering on the field and sidelines when a young man was struck and killed.
No game or practice is worth the life of a young man or women. I like the phrase "If you hear it, Clear it!"
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Post by gamedog on Jul 17, 2006 11:31:57 GMT -6
Define "see it", please. Do you mean a faint flash with a roll of thunder several seconds later? As far as the eye can see. If I see it, I leave.
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Post by brophy on Jul 17, 2006 11:37:55 GMT -6
The Minnesota State High School League has a policy that once you see lightning you are supposed to go in. ditto for Iowa
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Post by blb on Jul 17, 2006 11:44:04 GMT -6
The Michigan rule was generated four years ago when a young soccer player was struck down. There was no storm in the immediate area, in fact it was a bright, sunny, spring day, but participants had heard distant thunder before the strike.
Thunder indicates the presence of lightning. If you wait until you can see it, it may be too late.
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Post by senatorblutarsky on Jul 17, 2006 11:58:29 GMT -6
Being one who has almost been struck by lightning (twice)... I am pretty quick to get everyone in. We don't have much problem with it here, but when I was in Colorado, we actually had a lightning plan built in to our schedule. One year in CO, our south goalpost was hit...about 3 min. after we all made it inside. I don't mess around with lightning... with my luck it wouldn't kill me...I'd just be crazier than I am now.
"I'd keep playing. I don't think the heavy stuff's gonna come down for quite a while."- Carl Spackler (Assistant Greenskeeper)
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