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Salina parks expand lightning detectors, add online countdown to guide play suspensions
Summary
Parks staff described existing and new lightning detection units at Burke and Oakdale parks, described a website countdown widget that shows the 30‑minute hold period and said staff is evaluating a new detector for the Markley Road hill to serve the golf course and nearby retirement facility.
Parks staff told the advisory board on June 17 that Salina has added lightning detection units at multiple park sites and now publishes a live countdown on the parks website to show when play can safely resume.
Staff said a lightning detector at Bill Burke Park has operated for years and that units installed this past fall and winter now serve Oakdale Park and Kenwood Cove; a detector on the…
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