JACKSON TWP., N.J. (WPVI) — After lightning struck and killed one man and injured 14 others at an archery range in New Jersey, many are thankful to be alive, but the victims say there was no warning.
Many are wondering if they could have gotten an alert if a lightning detector had been in place.
Detection systems are in place in other portions of the state.
A single bolt of lightning hit a public works employee who survived, and in similar strikes this month, lightning struck on a Sussex County golf course and again Wednesday night in Jackson Township, killing two people. It has increased concerns about the fiery fury of nature.
Many municipalities have put in safeguards or lightning prediction systems that can read electrical pulses in the air to predict the possibility of a strike from five to 15 miles away.
