I was thinking about this over the weekend. I also imagine things have changes with technology to get the lightening strikes within 8 miles (probably had that in the past, but didn't do anything)
Assuming Tomorrow’s Game is Cancelled
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I was thinking about this over the weekend. I also imagine things have changes with technology to get the lightening strikes within 8 miles (probably had that in the past, but didn't do anything)
Surprised that people are jumpy over something that absolutely no human being can control?
People are jumpy about tons of things you can’t control.
I think the people that are bashing those that are worried about it are the people that either don’t go to games or leave at the first rain drop. Kind of like in the Jeff woody podcast where they were complaining about being in the press box during the delays.
I’ll be there until the bitter end on Saturday. But I’m not going to apologize for dreading a repeat when the forecast is MUCH worse than it was last week.
Put billboards and signage around the Faurot Field that says National Dentist Association Convention. Kinda like lightning, no one down there will get within 8 miles.
Not any more. Changed a few years ago to give schools getting a guarantee the option to take a loss and still get their check.
Can we actually get a freaking home game where its sunny and not raining?? WTF
Jeriann says no rain until later in the day. Play ball!
I bet that year we play in the desert in Vegas there is a god damn monsoon.
I hope she is correct, but she works for the same station (and maybe it was her forecast?) that told us there would be NO rain last week. She did seem confident this morning in her tiger-striped dress.
Let's do this. Who's in?
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Ignoring some of the laughably bad takes about lightning tomorrow... here's a little bit of info about why you should not be worried about a cancellation tomorrow.
The real story in the last decade is how much better meteorologists are at detecting lightning. The NWS has access to three or four lightning data networks that have update times of a minute or less, with incredible accuracy. Even the public has a few lightning maps freely available now. The software programs used for data processing have made significant improvements. Heck, even the radars themselves have gone through two significant upgrades in the past 10-15 years - the first gave resolution twice as good as before, the second allows for us to detect hail and other fancy stuff.
While all of this means that you are in fact likely much safer than before, it comes with the expense of potentially more delays. But I think that's a fair tradeoff for everyone.
Now when it comes to tomorrow... can anyone tell me the last time you remember getting thunder for 12 hours straight? I'm not sure if that's ever happened before here... so maybe we're overreacting just a bit? Go to the game, it'll be OK.
This is not a trend, this is bad luck over the past couple years. Thunderstorms happen pretty frequently in Iowa. It was only a matter of time before a couple of games experienced thunderstorms. The canceled SDSU game was a combination of a late kickoff and horrendously bad luck with storms (it took a looooonnng time before we even got rain that day).
I'm not quite sure this is true, at least for now. Thunderstorms have and always will be fairly common in the Midwest in September, and I'm not sure if any data source at the moment shows a clear trend. Of course... part of this is due to the increase in technology (see below).
These points are both accurate. Back several years ago, ISU meteorology students (I believe typically grad students) were often in the press booth with a limited amount of data options. Since then the NWS has taken over support, though they are not responsible for cancelling/delaying games - that responsibility is still through a combination of a lot of Iowa State/Story county emergency management people.
The real story in the last decade is how much better meteorologists are at detecting lightning. The NWS has access to three or four lightning data networks that have update times of a minute or less, with incredible accuracy. Even the public has a few lightning maps freely available now. The software programs used for data processing have made significant improvements. Heck, even the radars themselves have gone through two significant upgrades in the past 10-15 years - the first gave resolution twice as good as before, the second allows for us to detect hail and other fancy stuff.
While all of this means that you are in fact likely much safer than before, it comes with the expense of potentially more delays. But I think that's a fair tradeoff for everyone.
Now when it comes to tomorrow... can anyone tell me the last time you remember getting thunder for 12 hours straight? I'm not sure if that's ever happened before here... so maybe we're overreacting just a bit? Go to the game, it'll be OK.
Channel 13's future radar last night showed a cell moving through in the 9AM to 10 AM range then clear until later in the night.
