I'd planned a massive Saturday morning swim today at the Y, but I'm here on the couch blogging because there's a thunderstorm in progress. A few years ago the Y started closing the pool (indoors) during lightning. After all these years. All of a sudden.
How many of you practice at facilities where the pool closes down in lightning storms?
Is there a good reason for this?
Have we all been risking our lives for the last 50 years?
Just wondering!
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One pool I swam at closed the pool whenever there is a thunder/lightning a certain distance/time away (I forgot, but it's something like, say 10 miles away or 5 minutes away--I just made these numbers). Once I just put on my suit and was about to enter the pool, it closed around 8pm due to nearby thunder, so we all waited for it to pass, but it never did, so we had to eventually leave without ever swimming when the pool finally closed on its normal closing time. Very frustrating. Another day, my wait paid off: when the pool reopened after the thunder, I found myself alone in the pool, and I wished to swim diagonally across the pool but not for the lane lines :D
It may depend on whether your pool has windows and how big the windows are. The pool that I mentioned had huge windows. Other pool where I swam either had no window or very small window, so seems not affected by thunder/lightning (they didn't close)? Or has it to do with the height?
One pool I swam at closed the pool whenever there is a thunder/lightning a certain distance/time away (I forgot, but it's something like, say 10 miles away or 5 minutes away--I just made these numbers). Once I just put on my suit and was about to enter the pool, it closed around 8pm due to nearby thunder, so we all waited for it to pass, but it never did, so we had to eventually leave without ever swimming when the pool finally closed on its normal closing time. Very frustrating. Another day, my wait paid off: when the pool reopened after the thunder, I found myself alone in the pool, and I wished to swim diagonally across the pool but not for the lane lines :D
It may depend on whether your pool has windows and how big the windows are. The pool that I mentioned had huge windows. Other pool where I swam either had no window or very small window, so seems not affected by thunder/lightning (they didn't close)? Or has it to do with the height?
