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| The thread about storms got me wondering if any of you use the portable lightning detectors that are out there. Supposedly they give you early warning about electrical storms. Little over 10 years ago my son was a head guard at an outdoor pool and they had a fixed unit that would sound an alarm on electrical storms and he would have to get everyone out of the pool, even if there was blue sky overhead.
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | I have a weather app on my phone that gives me a warning of lightning strikes miles away. |
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| There's a story in this weekend's USA Today and a couple of weeks ago in the local paper. From reading those stories you can get hit from way farther a way from a storm then you would think. Out in the boat I don't take the chances I used to. But I have a bad habit of sitting on my porch watching the storms roll in or watching it rain. |
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| If you have storms in the area turn on a AM radio. You can monitor the static to know when the storm gets closer. |
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| And if you have a land line stay off the phone! |
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Location: Mauston, Wisconsin | Given all of the weather apps out there, I wouldn't waste my money. These detecters are typically only good for ~25 mile radius. "There's a sucker born every minute and five to take his money."
Some common sense - If you are fishing and can hear thunder, lightning is to close for comfort, find shelter.
If you want to know where its at try "My Radar", it will give you automatic alerts and let you see where its at and where the storm is tracking too or from in relationship to your location (you have to allow it to track your location/phone).
https://myradar.com/
https://www.weather.gov/safety/lightning-science-thunder
Have fun!
Al
Edited by ESOX Maniac 9/3/2022 10:48 AM
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | I'm using the Clime NOAA app. It's pretty cool and really accurate. |
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