Florida experiences more lightning strikes than any other state and because of the danger of lightning; Stetson University has installed a lightning warning system.
The university said the lightning warning system is designed to alert anyone outside on the campus to the presence of weather that can produce lightning.
The company that manufactured and installed the system on the campus, Thor Guard, said that it can detect a 98 percent probability of a lightning strike within a 2.5-mile radius of campus. Once detection is made the system will automatically send a 15-second audible alert through sirens installed at the Stetson Public Safety building, the scoreboard at the Athletic Training Center and the pool at the Hollis Center.
People on the campus need to seek shelter immediately if they hear the sirens alerting them to the probability of a lightning strike in the area.
Stetson said it plans to install an additional siren in the cupola on top of Elizabeth Hall to cover the southwest part of campus.