Which is better? Being brave, and having fans and/or athletes fried by lightning, or using strict safety rules due to the heavy lightning attractive use of steel in the stadium?
UK Daily Mail is trying to foment anger over prudent safety precautions, IMO.
The UKDM is a scandal sheet, Never believe a word they say.
“Which is better? Being brave, and having fans and/or athletes fried by lightning”
It depends on which team gets fried.
Good point.
As a former electrician, I gained some experience with lightning rods connected to ground rods and lightning arrestors on the electrical panels. The rods and grounding are technology as old as Ben Franklin. I would think that the stadium could be built with appropriate lightning protection.
Anyway, the people most likely to be affected are in the cheap seats at the top, so management is OK with that. /s
Right! This rule is in place for other sports. I was in Atlanta a few years ago to run the Peachtree 10K on July 4th. Standing at the start area, I saw a bolt of lightning in the distance. The race directors told us to go stand in a nearby parking garage. After a certain amount of time had passed without more lightning, the race was restarted. I am grateful for the caution.