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
I just spent 80 minutes watching 6 guards/instructors all sit around a pool deck chit chatting while swimmers and parents are wondering why we are not able to swim. We all heard the 1 clap of thunder off in the distance that forced them to close the pool for 30 minutes but then just as it was getting close to time to open the pool they conveniently hear another one that no one else heard. So there is another 30 minutes. NO STORM, NO RAIN my parents are disgusted with the situation. I guess I will need to bring it up to the director tomorrow.
That's unfortunate. Most places have the director/manager make the call. I can imagine that some high school or college kids wouldn't mind having to sit around and not work.
I just spent 80 minutes watching 6 guards/instructors all sit around a pool deck chit chatting while swimmers and parents are wondering why we are not able to swim. We all heard the 1 clap of thunder off in the distance that forced them to close the pool for 30 minutes but then just as it was getting close to time to open the pool they conveniently hear another one that no one else heard. So there is another 30 minutes. NO STORM, NO RAIN my parents are disgusted with the situation. I guess I will need to bring it up to the director tomorrow.
That's unfortunate. Most places have the director/manager make the call. I can imagine that some high school or college kids wouldn't mind having to sit around and not work.
