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!
I'm surprised at how close this poll ended up being. I really thought that indoor pools closing during thunder/lightning storms would be in the minority. I learned a lot from reading the responses here - and of course that only made me more confused.
Thanks for participating!
I distinctly remember boys from my outdoor-pool-using age-group team sneaking off to the parking lot and giving the dumpster a good rumbling when we thought coach or the life-guards needed to hear some "thunder." So I guess all the swim I'm sadly missing now is payback for all the swim I gladly missed in junior high!
I'm surprised at how close this poll ended up being. I really thought that indoor pools closing during thunder/lightning storms would be in the minority. I learned a lot from reading the responses here - and of course that only made me more confused.
Thanks for participating!
I distinctly remember boys from my outdoor-pool-using age-group team sneaking off to the parking lot and giving the dumpster a good rumbling when we thought coach or the life-guards needed to hear some "thunder." So I guess all the swim I'm sadly missing now is payback for all the swim I gladly missed in junior high!
