Re: Thunder
- From: "Birdie Bill" <bighorn_bill@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: 8 Aug 2005 18:43:18 -0700
dsc wrote:
> bigoldcat2@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > Played a very long course that did a giant loop from the clubhouse,
> > meandering through a new developement and finally returned to the
> > clubhouse at 18. I was paired with 3 guys who were okay golfers and a
> > lot of fun to play with. We had already agreed to play another local
> > course next week. It began thundering and we could see a dark cloud way
> > off in the distance. They immediately pulled off and went inside a home
> > that was being built. I ask if they were kidding, as the group behind
> > us was playing through, giving us a look of disbelief. I grabbed my bag
> > and started walking back, about 3 miles to the clubhouse. Never have I
> > seen anyone pull off the course, unless lightning was striking visibly
> > in the area. Everyone on the course had continued their rounds except
> > those guys. Anyone else that scared of thunder?
>
> If you can hear thunder... you are in danger...
Hear it, fear it. See it, flee it.
Seven or eight years ago, there was a highly publicized case
in the DFW area of a high school football player being struck
and killed by lightning from a storm that was several miles
away. The skies were clear where they were practicing.
After that happened, I got to thinking about how many times
I had watched a thunderstorm pass by a game that my kids
were playing in. Nobody would think of stopping the game
unless it was raining, or the lightning strikes were scary
close. After that incident I would pull my kids off the
field any time I saw lightning, and never got an
argument (because most other parents did the same thing).
I follow the same rule myself if I am playing golf. If
I see the lightning, I leave the course, even if that means
giving up half of a round that I paid $100 for, which
happened to me in Tahoe one time.
Now, do I leave just on hearing thunder? No. But I
never said I was smart.
.
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