MANATEE COUNTY, Fla. (WWSB) – In Manatee County, new systems to predict lightning are being installed at two beaches to warn the public when it’s time to get out of the water — and under shelter.
The system, by Thorguard Lightning Prediction Systems, works by detecting static electricity in the atmosphere and in the ground.
“The Thorguard system has a system that will be mounted up on the roof. What that sensor does is it’s measuring the static charge in the atmosphere,” said Hunter Ross, the regional manager for Thorguard…