If there are games cancelled due to lightning and or thunder while at the field:Our first responsibility as coaches is the safety of the players and spectators!House:If games are called due to lightning and or thunder, the games are ended at that point. Everyone is to leave the fields and seek shelter. There is NO waiting it out! Each year, about 400 children and adults in the U.S. are struck by lightning while working outside, at sports events, on the beach, mountain climbing, mowing the lawn or during other outdoor activities. About 67 people are killed and several hundred more are left to cope with permanent disabilities. Many of these tragedies can be avoided. Finishing the game, getting a tan, or completing a work shift aren't worth death or crippling injury. - All thunderstorms produce lightning and are dangerous.Lightning kills more people each year than tornadoes.
- Lightning often strikes as far as 10 miles away from any rainfall. Many deaths from lightning occur ahead of the storm because people try and wait to the last minute before seeking shelter.
- You are in danger from lightning if you can hear thunder. If you can hear thunder, lightning is close enough that it could strike your location at any moment.
- Lightning injuries can lead to permanent disabilities or death. On average, 10% of strike victims die; 70% of survivors suffer serious long term effects.
Look for dark cloud bases and increasing wind. Every flash of lightning is dangerous, even the first. Head to safety before that first flash. If you hear thunder, head to safety! - Blue Skies and Lightning. Lightning can travel sideways for up to 10 miles. Even when the sky looks blue and clear, be cautious. If you hear thunder, take cover. At least 10% of lightning occurs without visible clouds overhead in the sky.
Here is a link to a coaches guide to lightning:
In 1976 at Frontier HS (Hamburg, NY), a boy named Darryl Krentz , a soccer player was struck by lightning and killed on a rainy day, there was no lightening until the one that struck and killed him. The male soccer player of the year award is named the "Darryl Krentz Memorial". |
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Hamburg
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2008 - 2009 Travel Team Roster Assignments will soon be
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