New device unveiled to help predict lightning at Balloon Fiesta

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The City of Albuquerque unveiled a new tool Friday to keep people at Balloon Fiesta safe from lightning strikes.
It’s called the Thorguard Lightning Prediction system, and it’s here to do just that — alert people at Balloon Fiesta Park when lightning is on the way.
The $26,000 system looks at local weather systems to see the likelihood of lightning and can give up to a 15 minute warning.
Organizers hope this will make evacuating the Fiesta groun