Two Questions

[Rod Neff]

Does anyone have ThunderBolt Lightning Detector?? Does it work well. How good is XM WX Weather? Let me know.. Thanks

 

[Aaron Kennedy]

Out of curiosity... any specific reason why you want a lightning detector?

Aaron

 

[mikegeukes]

Link to the ThunderBolt Lightning Detector (Prices 450 dollars and up)
http://www.spectrumthunderbolt.com/index.htm
http://www.spectrumthunderbolt.com/style.html
http://www.spectrumthunderbolt.com/utility.html

United States Distributors: Other Companies selling the item.
http://www.spectrumthunderbolt.com/us.html

Mike

 

[Rod Neff]

I'm a Vol. Fireman and a stormspotter.Lightning Detector could be good on the field. Does any have good good thing about XM WX Weather too.

Thanks,
Rodney

 

[mikegeukes]

XM Sites:
http://www.wxworx.com/
http://www.wxworx.com/ground.html
http://www.xmradio.com/weather/
http://www.mobilethreatnet.com/

XM is useful, radar updates every 5 minuts, it shows lightning data and when a county is warn. It is not cheap, I paid like 950 bucks, and depending on the data you purchase it can run from $49 to $99 a month, plus you are charge a $100 activiation fee, when you first signed up. For the XM ground system now, I have no idea of what the costs are, since they moved it to mobilethreat dot com. XM has it flaws also. I went without XM for 2 months and felt lost without having it.

Mike

 

[Michael P. Morris]

I got this one great lightning detector, but the range isn't that great. It's called my ears.

For really long range work, I sometimes use my eyes.

 

[Tim Stoecklein]

Great contribution Michael...I hope you were kidding and not trying to be a jerk.

Rod, a number of Recreational professionals utilize lightning detection equipment. The department I work for now utilizes a Thunderbolt lightning detector. They have had it for a few years now. They are not convinced of its effectiveness. I haven't been able to get my hands on it yet to mess with it, so I don't have much input for you.

The Thunderbolt can be found, among other places I'm sure, at Ambientweather.com

Good luck!

Tim

 

[Aaron Kennedy]

Actually, Michaels comments were what I was getting at... usually I don't need any help wondering if there is lightning around. The strike that usually gets you is the first one.. and if that is the case, then the detector isn't going to help you much. Unless you are stuck indoors and need to know if there is lightning around points of interest.. I don't see much need in a lightning detector. I would think that as a volunteer firefighter, you would be outside quite often.

Aaron

 

[David Schuttler]

An "AM" radio station still works good also

 

[Tim Stoecklein]

I'll second the AM radio as the most cost effective lightning detector David. It works pretty good for checking electric fences also :wink:

Tim