ok, this is the second time in the past two weeks I've not been able to go swim due to thunderstorm activity.
Now don't get me wrong.. I LOOOOOVE Thunderstorms, but not being able to swim when you've looked forward to doing so since the previous evening is just no fun at all. :mad:
I was literally out the building and on my way to the Y when an clap of thunder abruptly stopped me in my tracks.. I just turned right around and went back into the building. (and onto the discussion boards of course! lol)
Anyone else go to indoor pools that close during storms? In Oklahoma during spring and early summer it sometimes ends up being like a hail mary to decide to go to practice in hopes that there won't be a storm.:rolleyes:
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Few indoor pools are grounded. It used to be thought that indoor pools didn't conduct eletridity from lithening. then there wsa a study done inthe late 1980's that found that almost all lightening related deaths occurred when people wewre swimming indoors during lightening storms. The study was done by the American Red Cross and the NIH. It is extremely dangerous to swim during a lightening storm. Mst gymnasiums & rec centers are natural conductors.
I think hta if the pool is indoors & the building is metal that's the most unsafe. the eletricity has no where to go but through hte building exce[pt in to the water. A structure like a Bultler buildin isn't a car. I thnk the problem with a building is that the electricty tries to find a way to flow out of the building. I think it remains like a frayed wire.
Few indoor pools are grounded. It used to be thought that indoor pools didn't conduct eletridity from lithening. then there wsa a study done inthe late 1980's that found that almost all lightening related deaths occurred when people wewre swimming indoors during lightening storms. The study was done by the American Red Cross and the NIH. It is extremely dangerous to swim during a lightening storm. Mst gymnasiums & rec centers are natural conductors.
I think hta if the pool is indoors & the building is metal that's the most unsafe. the eletricity has no where to go but through hte building exce[pt in to the water. A structure like a Bultler buildin isn't a car. I thnk the problem with a building is that the electricty tries to find a way to flow out of the building. I think it remains like a frayed wire.
