Education, expansion on tap for Ridgewood lightning device
Friday, July 12, 2013
The Record
RIDGEWOOD — A lightning detection system sometimes ignored by players and coaches will be expanding soon, village officials said this week.
Residents recently informed the council that the detection system, installed last year at six parks and schools, was being slighted during games.
The system warns that lightning strikes are imminent within a 10-mile radius.
Officials said during the council’s meeting Wednesday night that more needs to be done to educate the public about the system, and efforts to do just that are under way.
The system should be tested and maintained properly. Only when the coaches and participants know the system is functioning correctly will they place their faith in it.
If a coach is willing to take a chance with the lives of all the players when the lightning detection system sounds, them he shouldn’t be a coach.
Cresskill just passed an ordinance fining people who disregard the lightning alarms.