{"id":1739,"date":"2016-04-18T07:42:53","date_gmt":"2016-04-18T11:42:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ccmga.com\/blog\/?p=1739"},"modified":"2016-04-18T14:15:23","modified_gmt":"2016-04-18T18:15:23","slug":"lightning-warning-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ccmga.com\/blog\/2016\/04\/lightning-warning-system\/","title":{"rendered":"Lightning Warning System"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-1741 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ccmga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/1517924-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Lightning Kills\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ccmga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/1517924-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ccmga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/1517924-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ccmga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/1517924-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ccmga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/1517924-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ccmga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/1517924.jpg 1240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>The Captains Golf Course has installed a new lightning warning system on the course. \u00c2\u00a0Lightning is random and deadly. \u00c2\u00a0In the United States, approximately 5% of lightning deaths occur on golf courses.<\/p>\n<p>When lightning is detected in the area by the system, you will hear one loud burst from the sirens that are installed in four locations around the golf courses. \u00c2\u00a0In addition, there is a strobe light that flashes\u00c2\u00a0on each\u00c2\u00a0post. \u00c2\u00a0Once the alarm sounds, the course is closed for further play. \u00c2\u00a0<strong>Not even one more shot, or one more putt.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When it is safe again, the sirens will sound two bursts and the strobe lights will turn off. \u00c2\u00a0At this time, the course will reopen and play can resume.<\/p>\n<p>The USGA Rule 6-8 allows for a player to discontinue play when he believes there is danger from lightning without penalty even without a signal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Captains Golf Course has installed a new lightning warning system on the course. \u00c2\u00a0Lightning is random and deadly. \u00c2\u00a0In the United States, approximately 5% of lightning deaths occur on golf courses.<a class=\"moretag\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ccmga.com\/blog\/2016\/04\/lightning-warning-system\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1739","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ccmga.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1739","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ccmga.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ccmga.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ccmga.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ccmga.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1739"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.ccmga.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1739\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1743,"href":"https:\/\/www.ccmga.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1739\/revisions\/1743"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ccmga.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1739"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ccmga.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1739"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ccmga.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1739"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}