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
TWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEET! EVERYBODY OUT!
Someone asked how long we needed to stay out.
"Thirty minutes till there are no more rumbles of thunder," she said.
It was 3:30. The Y closes at 4--"summer hours."
James,
The "rumbles" were probably coming from her stomach. She was just hungry and couldn't wait any longer. Next time bring your lifeguard a :cake: snack or move out west. We are rarely interrupted by the weather. 'Sides, we'd compliment each other well on a relay together.
:chug:
TWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEET! EVERYBODY OUT!
Someone asked how long we needed to stay out.
"Thirty minutes till there are no more rumbles of thunder," she said.
It was 3:30. The Y closes at 4--"summer hours."
James,
The "rumbles" were probably coming from her stomach. She was just hungry and couldn't wait any longer. Next time bring your lifeguard a :cake: snack or move out west. We are rarely interrupted by the weather. 'Sides, we'd compliment each other well on a relay together.
:chug:
