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!
National Athletic Trainers’ Association Position Statement: Lightning Safety for Athletics and Recreation
Journal of Athletic Training 2000;35(4):471–477
www.nata.org/.../lightning.pdf
Thanks, Anna Lea! I now know that "Humans are primarily salt minerals in an aqueous solution."
Nothing like a little self-knowledge to keep up grounded.
Which is also a good idea, I suspect, during a lightning storm.
National Athletic Trainers’ Association Position Statement: Lightning Safety for Athletics and Recreation
Journal of Athletic Training 2000;35(4):471–477
www.nata.org/.../lightning.pdf
Thanks, Anna Lea! I now know that "Humans are primarily salt minerals in an aqueous solution."
Nothing like a little self-knowledge to keep up grounded.
Which is also a good idea, I suspect, during a lightning storm.
