Anyone else's pool cracking down on "lightning" -- making people get out of the water at the slightest hint?

[Anonymous]

Tell me you’ve never been through lifeguard training without telling me you’ve never been through lifeguard training.

Mine involved videos and pictures of the aftermath of what can happen when lightening strikes a pool, a beach, and a lake.

You people would be the very first ones on here and screeching if something were to happen at a pool or popular beach and the lifeguards didn’t take proper action. SMH. Selfish, foolish DCUM. You will never change.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:These people complaining about a pool closing out of PRECAUTION when an actual threat is identified were probably also screaming about why the Texas camps weren't more prepared to evacuate during a flash flood warning. Except one scenario inconveniences them.

I don't think the two things are related.

Its not wanting to be inconvenienced during a weather threat.... people ignore warnings all the time. They scream when something bad finally happens.

yeah, no... one is a group of people at a pool in suburban DC who are frustrated that they only have 40 minutes to swim before having to bring the kids for dinner and some mysterious system detected lightning in Bowie and so now no one can swim.

the other is a national tragedy.

not related.

When kids get electorcuted in the pool because the lifeguards listen to complaining Karens and Chads...also a tragedy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Tell me you’ve never been through lifeguard training without telling me you’ve never been through lifeguard training.

Mine involved videos and pictures of the aftermath of what can happen when lightening strikes a pool, a beach, and a lake.

You people would be the very first ones on here and screeching if something were to happen at a pool or popular beach and the lifeguards didn’t take proper action. SMH. Selfish, foolish DCUM. You will never change.

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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:These people complaining about a pool closing out of PRECAUTION when an actual threat is identified were probably also screaming about why the Texas camps weren't more prepared to evacuate during a flash flood warning. Except one scenario inconveniences them.

I don't think the two things are related.

Its not wanting to be inconvenienced during a weather threat.... people ignore warnings all the time. They scream when something bad finally happens.

yeah, no... one is a group of people at a pool in suburban DC who are frustrated that they only have 40 minutes to swim before having to bring the kids for dinner and some mysterious system detected lightning in Bowie and so now no one can swim.

the other is a national tragedy.

not related.

When kids get electorcuted in the pool because the lifeguards listen to complaining Karens and Chads...also a tragedy.

in the sense that they are bad things, yes, I suppose they are related. other than that, not really.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:These people complaining about a pool closing out of PRECAUTION when an actual threat is identified were probably also screaming about why the Texas camps weren't more prepared to evacuate during a flash flood warning. Except one scenario inconveniences them.

I don't think the two things are related.

Its not wanting to be inconvenienced during a weather threat.... people ignore warnings all the time. They scream when something bad finally happens.

I think audible thunder is too conservative a standard when it captures thunder 10-20 miles away with no evidence of approach. Storms are not that unpredictable.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Our indoor pool does this. They said they need to upgrade their lightning system WTF

You do know that you should not be in a body of water during a storm whether indoors or out, right?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our indoor pool does this. They said they need to upgrade their lightning system WTF

You do know that you should not be in a body of water during a storm whether indoors or out, right?

Lightning can certainly travel through electrical systems and pipes—really any material—but things that are inside a properly grounded building should not be in any danger.

[Anonymous]

fun fact: the rubber in your car's tires don't protect you from lightning. rubber is not a great conductor of electricity and will dampen or kill lower levels of voltage, but lightning bolts are extraordinarily powerful and will go through rubber or have the ability to jump it. What protects you in your car is the metal frame which acts as a Faraday cage—it will PROBABLY guide the worst of the charge away from you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:These people complaining about a pool closing out of PRECAUTION when an actual threat is identified were probably also screaming about why the Texas camps weren't more prepared to evacuate during a flash flood warning. Except one scenario inconveniences them.

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[Anonymous]

At our pool, the teen lifeguards have a long history of pretending to hear thunder so that they can shut down early. No one else will hear ANY thunder and some 16 year old will yell "Thunder" so she can get paid but go home thirty minutes early.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:At our pool, the teen lifeguards have a long history of pretending to hear thunder so that they can shut down early. No one else will hear ANY thunder and some 16 year old will yell "Thunder" so she can get paid but go home thirty minutes early.

ugh... my concern is that they aren't paying attention, but using it to leave early is very teen lifeguard behavior... so has your pool switched to an automatic system?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our indoor pool does this. They said they need to upgrade their lightning system WTF

You do know that you should not be in a body of water during a storm whether indoors or out, right?

Lightning can certainly travel through electrical systems and pipes—really any material—but things that are inside a properly grounded building should not be in any danger.

That is hard to assess by inspection, there is no easy measure of grounding when talking about the voltages of lightning.

Since the outcome is electrocution of dozens of people, they close for thunder. I’ve never seen an indoor pool open in a thunderstorm.

Just like you shouldn’t bath or shower.

Also storms have become more intense in the DMV - it’s much more akin to Florida pop up thunderstorms in their speed and intensity

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our indoor pool does this. They said they need to upgrade their lightning system WTF

You do know that you should not be in a body of water during a storm whether indoors or out, right?

Lightning can certainly travel through electrical systems and pipes—really any material—but things that are inside a properly grounded building should not be in any danger.

That is hard to assess by inspection, there is no easy measure of grounding when talking about the voltages of lightning.

Since the outcome is electrocution of dozens of people, they close for thunder. I’ve never seen an indoor pool open in a thunderstorm.

Just like you shouldn’t bath or shower.

Also storms have become more intense in the DMV - it’s much more akin to Florida pop up thunderstorms in their speed and intensity

interesting... i don't spend a lot of time at indoor pools and really only in the winter time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:At our pool, the teen lifeguards have a long history of pretending to hear thunder so that they can shut down early. No one else will hear ANY thunder and some 16 year old will yell "Thunder" so she can get paid but go home thirty minutes early.

Really?!

Our lifeguards have a special maintenance list if they have to close early and they have to finish their shift regardless. It’s stuff like deep cleaning the showers, organizing the office, that kind of stuff.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:These people complaining about a pool closing out of PRECAUTION when an actual threat is identified were probably also screaming about why the Texas camps weren't more prepared to evacuate during a flash flood warning. Except one scenario inconveniences them.

I don't think the two things are related.

Its not wanting to be inconvenienced during a weather threat.... people ignore warnings all the time. They scream when something bad finally happens.

I think audible thunder is too conservative a standard when it captures thunder 10-20 miles away with no evidence of approach. Storms are not that unpredictable.

The fact that storms can be unpredictable is why such a rule makes sense. The National Weather Service says if you can hear thunder, lightning can strike where you are. Plus you want a conservative rule so people can clear the area. It's not an arbitrary rule, and the weather is not the fault of the pool or lifeguards.