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:
Originally posted by Rob Copeland
Thus, indoor-pool activities are potentially dangerous and should be avoided during thunderstorms.
Your own stats say 8% of colorado lightning death are water related. How many of those are indoor swimmers versus boaters, fishermen, lake drunkards, etc?
At some point I think I'm ok assuming the risk
Originally posted by jswim
there have been no reported incidents of people getting either hurt, or killed while in an indoor pool during a storm...
To put things in perspective: There have been millions of cases of people dying because they didn't get enough exercise.
Tim that's very strange our practice was delayed this morning b/c the lifeguards forgot to show up. The coach called and they told her we were getting in until the guards showed up. She said oh yes we are (the age groupers swim then too). It was awesome. Some very sleepy looking lifeguards showed up a little bit later.
Oh, and if my morning practices are going to be canceled it darn well better be thundering and lightening like mad out when I wake-up at 5am or else I'd be really pissed.
Originally posted by jim clemmons
But everyone lived so what the heck.
That and Ande's lugging lard comment are seriously the two best things I've heard all day ...
I have actually heard that you aren't suppose to shower during storms ...
There was an incident a few years ago here in Pittsburgh where (I think) 4 Asian doctors were on a golf course. They stood under a tree during a storm and it was hit. I believe at least 3 of them died. At my doctor's office (who had been the sponsor), there was a memorial plaque to these doctors. They had been to PIttsburgh as part of an international orthopedics training session.
Originally posted by aquageek
I've experienced thundersnow a time or two. I wonder if they close the pool for that?
I swam during a thundersnow storm this winter...it was pretty cool. Indoors, but I watched it through the windows. They didn't shut the pool down, if there had been lightening it might have been closed.
If the pool is indoors and the building has a metal frame,it's SAFE!!! Not just probably safe,but completely safe.(unless someone runs a power line from the outside into the pool.)
Originally posted by Allen Stark
If the pool is indoors and the building has a metal frame,it's SAFE!!! Not just probably safe,but completely safe.(unless someone runs a power line from the outside into the pool.)
Most indoor pools do receive electrical power from sources outside of the building, so there are power lines running from outside into the pool structure. Also, most indoor pools get water from outside sources, which are sometimes conveyed into the pool structure through pipes.
If the pool is indoors and the building has a metal frame, and water is brought to the pool in buckets, and the pumps are run off of hand cranks and the heater is coal fired, then I could see that it would be safe.
