Schools Take the Guesswork Out of Lightning Detection with New Technologies

By Frank McCathran   With severe weather season underway in most parts of the U.S., we may soon see news reports about young student athletes whose lives were tragically cut short due to lightning strikes that claim dozens of lives and injure hundreds more every year. Whether heading out to field hockey practice, playing a local rival on the football field, setting up for band practice or participating in a soccer game during gym class, student athletes and spectators will spend millions of