TG-360 HYBRID
THOR GUARD TG-360 HYBRID COMBINING THE BEST DETECTION AND PREDICTION TECHNOLOGIES
Many state schools and colleges / universities mandate outdated lightning detection protocols for outdoor events. These rules, initially developed by the NCAA, require a facility to stop outdoor activities after lightning strikes eight or ten miles from their location. The lightning data accessed for safety more often than not comes from detection networks that are delayed and inaccurate. These detection networks are severely limited for safety because they can’t predict a first, side or back strike that emerges from a storm outside their detection radius. In effect, schools are being forced to utilize a so-called safety platform that overlooks the thirty percent of lightning strikes that injure or kill. All other storm-related warnings, or forecasts, are issued from some distant NOAA facility. Not on-site!
Advanced Lightning Prediction & Detection for Ultimate Safety
An included feature of the TG 360 prediction system is what we call the TG 360 hybrid mode. This setting takes the detection mandate and improves it greatly by providing instantaneous lightning detection from your site, updated in less than one-third of a second. If lightning is detected within your set distance of eight or ten miles, the alert horns and strobes will activate. No delays…just fast, accurate detection.
The TG 360 hybrid greatly improves the safety of the old protocols by including lightning prediction as well. Here is how this works.
If lightning is detected in your alert range, the alert will sound. If, however, a strike is predicted to hit your immediate area before it happens, and there is no detected lightning in your detection range, Thor Guard will sound an alert first. This feature provides you with the mandated detection protocols to operate within your guidelines, but at a significantly safer level of operation. In addition, the TG 360 hybrid will also warn of severe storms and tornadoes from your specific location.
After a storm has passed, you are required to wait thirty minutes after the last lightning strike is detected in your alert range. There are no scientific studies proving this waiting theory. In fact, this mandate is no better than a guess.
The TG 360 hybrid is different. If you were to choose the hybrid feature, the system would still make you wait for the All Clear to be issued after the thirty-minute waiting period. However, the system will simultaneously show when the prediction status indicates a safe, lightning-free environment.
Through advanced technology, only Thor Guard has created a solution to meet the most demanding safety needs of society.
This image shows a dangerous situation where lightning is being predicted. The detection countdown has reached zero, but there is a large accumulation of energy in the immediate area capable of producing a back strike. The all clear horns have not sounded yet, but the facility will need to decide if it is actually safe to resume outdoor activities.