Do any of you across this great land swim at a YMCA indoor facility that does NOT automatically close the pool whenever there are thunderstorms in the area?
Two of our three practices this week have been cancelled because of thunderstorms.
On another thread, someone posted how the total number of deaths from indoor pool electrocutions during thunderstorms--in the history of the world--total precisely zero.
I have made this argument endlessly to our Y authorities, all to no avail. Two university pools--Pitt and CMU--do NOT close their indoor pools because of lightning and, in fact, find the concept chortlesome.
If you do swim at a Y pool with a more enlightened policy, can you send word as to how you got your aquatic staff to override the (misguided) national YMCA policy about this?
Signed--
Slowly desiccating in Sewickley, Pa
Our local Y has amended the policy to give some discretion the matter. Generally, if the thunderstorm is severe or if cloud to ground lightning is blasting away the guards will close. However the occasional flashes do not necessarily close the pool.
The guard once told me he wasn't sure of the policy and asked me if he should close the pool. I said there was no problem keeping it open (what else was I going to say; my workout was not done).
I always thought it was curious that they close the pool but do not clear the showers. You would think that regardless of the water source if its a problem, its a problem.
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Our local Y has amended the policy to give some discretion the matter. Generally, if the thunderstorm is severe or if cloud to ground lightning is blasting away the guards will close. However the occasional flashes do not necessarily close the pool.
The guard once told me he wasn't sure of the policy and asked me if he should close the pool. I said there was no problem keeping it open (what else was I going to say; my workout was not done).
I always thought it was curious that they close the pool but do not clear the showers. You would think that regardless of the water source if its a problem, its a problem.
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