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
This has become a daily thing for us this week and for no real reason, tonight was the only day that I would have said NO SWIMMING but Tuesday and Thursday were stupid young kids standing outside to hear a far off clap of thunder once and then no swim for 30 minutes while we stand around and do nothing for no real legitimate reason in an indoor pool. IF YOU HAVE TO GO OUTSIDE TO HEAR ONE CLAP OF THUNDER IN THE DISTANCE it is not a threat.
I had to send the kids who were members to the pool as lap swimmers this morning to swim on their own and thankfully they work well as a group. I have my 11 and 12 girls lead the team.
This has become a daily thing for us this week and for no real reason, tonight was the only day that I would have said NO SWIMMING but Tuesday and Thursday were stupid young kids standing outside to hear a far off clap of thunder once and then no swim for 30 minutes while we stand around and do nothing for no real legitimate reason in an indoor pool. IF YOU HAVE TO GO OUTSIDE TO HEAR ONE CLAP OF THUNDER IN THE DISTANCE it is not a threat.
I had to send the kids who were members to the pool as lap swimmers this morning to swim on their own and thankfully they work well as a group. I have my 11 and 12 girls lead the team.
