I frequently hear folks whine about not doing OW because open water is gross, dirty, scary, full of germs, etc.
Well, here you go:
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Don't try this at home, BUT, I don't worry about lightning in the pool. If they close the public pool due to lightning, I just head to my neighborhood pool.
Try Googling "pool lightning deaths" and see how many you find. I found zero. Just a bunch of articles on how it could theoretically be a problem. The parking lot is more dangerous than the pool itself. In any case, it's easier to find incidents of people who've been struck by lightning in parking lots.
I *would* be worried about lighting on a boat. It's the tallest thing sticking up out of a large flat surface of water. A pool is a small surface, usually surrounded by taller things that are more likely to draw the lightning strike.
NaCL is an ionic bond. When its in solution, the positive Na ions and negative Cl ions actually do mill about on their own. That's why saltwater is a better conductor of electricity than fresh water.
Then we should be just fine swimming in a fresh water lake in a thunderstorm vs. the open ocean?? Yikes!! :afraid:
When you pour Salt on water you don't split the molecule in Na and Cl...you just dissolve the salt in water and get salted water. If you want to split the molecule, you need a chemical reaction like electrolysis applied to molten Salt.
NaCL is an ionic bond. When its in solution, the positive Na ions and negative Cl ions actually do mill about on their own. That's why saltwater is a better conductor of electricity than fresh water.
They say lightning will follow the pipes into the pool area to get us?????
Anything's possible. My old boss used to call this kind of thinking "Too smart by half."
