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Colo. State Installs Lightning-Prediction System
s-orbital writes "According to Colorado State's Rocky Mountain Collegian, CSU has installed four ThorGuard Lightning Prediction systems for under $25,000 to help prevent a lightning-related death or injury on campus. Colorado has the third highest lightning death rate in the US, and
this system provides up to 20 minutes of early warning by 'analyzing the electrostatic field within a two-mile radius of the device. When a set amount of lightning-producing electrostatic buildup is detected, a horn will sound and a yellow strobe light will begin flashing, signaling that people in the area should seek shelter because lightning is imminent.'"
In all the years I have been using tabbed browsing...
As I click the link http://thorguard.com/ from above, I scared the crap out of me, and half of the IT department. I love tabbed browsing, Thanks Mozilla...
... shortly after deployment of the $25,000 system, it started flashing and was destroyed by lightning.
...entrepreneurs are rushing to sell to nearby colleges, a design for a rear-weighted hat which keeps the wearer's eyes pointed toward the sky."
Sheesh, gimme a break -- people can't use common sense to tell when lightning is likely?
I've seen lighting reach out 75 miles to touch a C130.
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe.
Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion.
I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser Gate.
All those moments will be lost in time
Like tears in rain.
-Apologies to Philip K. Dick
Here come da fudge!
This is all heresy! Systems like this interfere with God's plan. If he can't even get away with a good old fashioned smiting, what has he left?