Roseland Golf Course has introduced a new Earth Networks Lightning Detection System. It provides an early warning when dangerous weather is approaching and a horn sounds when lighting strikes within a certain radius, giving staff and patrons time to get off the golf course. It was first used during severe storms this past Saturday. The system uses one horn when lightning is detected, and three horns when it’s safe for the course to re-open. General Manager Dave Deluzio told AM800’s The Kyle Horner Show, it upgrades the safety of everyone on the course and living nearby. “The alarms are sounded at no human interaction, the system does it itself, there’s no guessing on our part, no going on the course. That gives the patrons and the people in the area about 20-30 minutes to evacuate the golf course, come get a rain check, find safety and seek shelter,” he says. Deluzio adds a siren will sound when it’s safe to re-open. “If there’s no lighting strikes inside the radius that we set at the golf course, sirens will go off to reopen the course. However, if there’s a lightning strike within that running countdown clock, the clock resets. So we’re really excited about this,” he says. The new $39,000 system was funding through the First Responders tournament held at Roseland earlier this summer. Deluzio says 3-4 other golf courses in the area have the system in place and plans are in the works to purchase one for Little River Golf Course.
