https://community.usms.org/swimming/f/open-water-training-and-technique/25888/on-troubled-watersSwam with a triathlon club at a lake in upstate NY last night. It&#39;s got buoys set up in a roughly half mile triangle. The triathlon is scheduled for this Saturday. So I figured, just 2 loops, but not enough time for 3 or 4 since I had to pick up my daughteren-USTelligent Community 12https://community.usms.org/thread/272985?ContentTypeID=1Thu, 15 Aug 2019 02:07:59 GMT3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:2b3f1ff3-805d-461b-b3f7-bd5af0059632flystormsYikes! Where there&#39;s hail, there&#39;s lightening and that doesn&#39;t mix with water at all! Glad you got out safely. Read this about lightning near/on water. It can be deadly. <a href="https://oceantoday.noaa.gov/lightning/">oceantoday.noaa.gov/.../</a><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://community.usms.org/thread/272949?ContentTypeID=1Wed, 14 Aug 2019 16:24:43 GMT3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:8b1caadf-54b5-4114-ae7e-bfe68c4c05beFormer MemberI remember thinking once, &quot; the rain won&#39;t bother me - I&#39;m in the water anyhow.&quot; Not so. Disconcerting to suck in a bunch of air - mixed with water. Hail would be daunting, indeed. I&#39;m not sure about lightning in any sizable lake. Of course, swimming in it is a very bad idea, but I&#39;ve heard that if it doesn&#39;t hit within a few yards of a swimmer, they&#39;re OK. Any thoughts?<div style="clear:both;"></div>