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Updated: 11/02/2012 08:00:01AM
Weather system alerts schools of lightning
PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY SUSAN E. HOFFMAN, shoffman@sun-herald.com
This photo of the DeSoto County High School football field, taken from the perspective of the roof-mounted weather equipment, illustrates a lightning strike at the field. The district has taken measures to alert players and coaches when a storm is approaching.
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It was a blue sky day in Fort Myers on Oct. 3 — the kind of day that calls for a picnic, or a stroll through the park. It certainly was not the kind of day one would associate with storms ... or danger.
But that changed in an instant.
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