If you are the parent or coach of childern that play youth sports, you are all too familiar with that uneasy feeling you get while watching a game as the weather begins to get threatening and children are on the field. Who makes the call to bring the kids in before disaster strikes, and when? You can only imagine the ridicule a conscientous parent or coach would get if they tried to bring in the players before the end of the game. Sitting back and doing nothing as a thunderstorm approaches can be dangerous or even deadly for the spectators and players, maybe even your child.

ThunderBolt’s patented technology is changing storm safety forever by taking away the guesswork and providing reliable storm data that recreational managers, coaches and parents can count on. ThunderBolt will monitor even fast changing weather conditions and track storm activity up to 75 miles away directly to your location. This hand-held storm detector will warn you with an audible alarm and over 50 LCD continuously displayed messages. ThunderBolt provides real-time information about a storm’s severity, approach speed and direction, and estimated time of arrival to your location. It advises you when to seek shelter and when it is safe to resume your outdoor activities. Insist that the recreational manager, coach or even a designated parent monitor weather conditions with ThunderBolt, and act on its alerts whenever kids are on the field. ThunderBolt is a must for all organized youth sports leagues.

Do not rely on deadly lightning myths for the safety of youth sports players when it comes to close calls with lightning. More than half of lightning strike victims are struck under blue skies, because the dangers of a thunderstorm are not just overhead. By the time the first clap of thunder is heard, the players and spectators have already been at risk from a dangerous and even a deadly strike of lightning for more than 30 minutes. Dangerous thunderstorms do not issue their own warnings until they are within deadly range.