Because lightning is dangerous and unpredictable. This happened last night in NJ:

https://abc7ny.com/post/jackson-township-lightning-strike-leaves-1-dead-6-injured-archery-range-nj/17154234/

"What made the strike so shocking, according to witnesses, was that there wasn't any rain at the time."

Why don’t people know how to spell this? The electrical current is lightning. Lightening means: the descent of the uterus into the pelvic cavity, occurring toward the end of pregnancy,

I’ve seen sports teams named Lightening. Embarrassing.

At our pool the bigger issue is selfish irresponsible parents letting their kids poop or vomit in the pool. Sometimes it is the same kid more than once.

I don’t get why this is a big deal. Lightning can be up to 10 miles out so the rule makes perfect sense. Kids can handle disappointment. If your kids are whiny, teach them not to whine. Mine are not allowed to make a nuisance of themselves when they have to deal with a small disappointment like swim being cut short for safety reasons.

I despise whiny brats. It’s such a mark of bad parenting.

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Anonymous wrote:You don't have real problems in life, do you?

DP. I have a lot going on in my life, but the lightning rule at our pool is one of my top pet peeves. Ours does a 10 mile radius thing, so if a lightning strike is detected 9.9 miles away, the pool is closed for 30 minutes. It's a system required by insurance, but is absolutely not based on any sort of common sense, which is what annoys me most.

So you would rather chance a lighting strike to, checks notes, swim for fun? Ok.

Um. Your formulation is funny. But it's really stupid to keep closing a pool when I can see lightning strikes go from 1 mile to 3 miles to 6 miles to 9.9 miles away, and understand the trajectory. We do have more advanced tools at this point. But yeah, I get how the lazy, one size fits all scenarios, route is easier.

Why is it so hard to just come back another time (or skip the pool when storms are forecast?)

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Have you met children?

ave you taught your kids they don’t always get exactly what they want exactly when they want it? How to deal with disappointment?

There you go - it’s not an effortless thing, even if it’s resolvable. Thanks for helping explain!

Yes, it is easier to sit by the pool and complain about the lazy lifeguards than it is to do the hard work of teaching your kids pool safety. You’re welcome.

I thought we were supposed to teach them about handling disappointment?

NP. I like these kinds of scenarios for teaching my kids disappointment because it's so clearly nothing I caused. I don't control the weather or the pool's rules. That these things happen and you can move on is good life experience.

Anonymous wrote:It's been 30 min clear the water for thunder. And 1 hrs clear the water and the pool deck for lightning for decades at our pool. The weather had been stormier this summer than I ever remember it. Before it was still rainy but less lightening.

This is the same at our pool, but lifeguards aren’t really enforcing clearing the deck after lightning. It’s confusing when we are at other pools for a swim meet, especially the smaller ones where you can’t safely exit.

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Anonymous wrote:You don't have real problems in life, do you?

DP. I have a lot going on in my life, but the lightning rule at our pool is one of my top pet peeves. Ours does a 10 mile radius thing, so if a lightning strike is detected 9.9 miles away, the pool is closed for 30 minutes. It's a system required by insurance, but is absolutely not based on any sort of common sense, which is what annoys me most.

So you would rather chance a lighting strike to, checks notes, swim for fun? Ok.

Um. Your formulation is funny. But it's really stupid to keep closing a pool when I can see lightning strikes go from 1 mile to 3 miles to 6 miles to 9.9 miles away, and understand the trajectory. We do have more advanced tools at this point. But yeah, I get how the lazy, one size fits all scenarios, route is easier.

Why is it so hard to just come back another time (or skip the pool when storms are forecast?)

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Have you met children?

So then don't go on nights when storms are forecasted. Go during the day or on the weekend. This isn't rocket science.

I think the point is that there’s no storms predicted and yet an automatic system notifies of distant lightening. If you’d like to bring my kids during the day, go for it… I have a job.

So go on the weekends. Your kids disappointment is your issue. Not the lightening. Set realistic expectations.

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Anonymous wrote:You don't have real problems in life, do you?

DP. I have a lot going on in my life, but the lightning rule at our pool is one of my top pet peeves. Ours does a 10 mile radius thing, so if a lightning strike is detected 9.9 miles away, the pool is closed for 30 minutes. It's a system required by insurance, but is absolutely not based on any sort of common sense, which is what annoys me most.

So you would rather chance a lighting strike to, checks notes, swim for fun? Ok.

Um. Your formulation is funny. But it's really stupid to keep closing a pool when I can see lightning strikes go from 1 mile to 3 miles to 6 miles to 9.9 miles away, and understand the trajectory. We do have more advanced tools at this point. But yeah, I get how the lazy, one size fits all scenarios, route is easier.

Why is it so hard to just come back another time (or skip the pool when storms are forecast?)

:facepalm:

Have you met children?

So then don't go on nights when storms are forecasted. Go during the day or on the weekend. This isn't rocket science.

I think the point is that there’s no storms predicted and yet an automatic system notifies of distant lightening. If you’d like to bring my kids during the day, go for it… I have a job.

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Anonymous wrote:You don't have real problems in life, do you?

DP. I have a lot going on in my life, but the lightning rule at our pool is one of my top pet peeves. Ours does a 10 mile radius thing, so if a lightning strike is detected 9.9 miles away, the pool is closed for 30 minutes. It's a system required by insurance, but is absolutely not based on any sort of common sense, which is what annoys me most.

So you would rather chance a lighting strike to, checks notes, swim for fun? Ok.

Um. Your formulation is funny. But it's really stupid to keep closing a pool when I can see lightning strikes go from 1 mile to 3 miles to 6 miles to 9.9 miles away, and understand the trajectory. We do have more advanced tools at this point. But yeah, I get how the lazy, one size fits all scenarios, route is easier.

Why is it so hard to just come back another time (or skip the pool when storms are forecast?)

:facepalm:

Have you met children?

So then don't go on nights when storms are forecasted. Go during the day or on the weekend. This isn't rocket science.

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Anonymous wrote:You don't have real problems in life, do you?

DP. I have a lot going on in my life, but the lightning rule at our pool is one of my top pet peeves. Ours does a 10 mile radius thing, so if a lightning strike is detected 9.9 miles away, the pool is closed for 30 minutes. It's a system required by insurance, but is absolutely not based on any sort of common sense, which is what annoys me most.

So you would rather chance a lighting strike to, checks notes, swim for fun? Ok.

Um. Your formulation is funny. But it's really stupid to keep closing a pool when I can see lightning strikes go from 1 mile to 3 miles to 6 miles to 9.9 miles away, and understand the trajectory. We do have more advanced tools at this point. But yeah, I get how the lazy, one size fits all scenarios, route is easier.

Why is it so hard to just come back another time (or skip the pool when storms are forecast?)

:facepalm:

Have you met children?

ave you taught your kids they don’t always get exactly what they want exactly when they want it? How to deal with disappointment?

There you go - it’s not an effortless thing, even if it’s resolvable. Thanks for helping explain!

Yes, it is easier to sit by the pool and complain about the lazy lifeguards than it is to do the hard work of teaching your kids pool safety. You’re welcome.

I thought we were supposed to teach them about handling disappointment?

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Anonymous wrote:You don't have real problems in life, do you?

DP. I have a lot going on in my life, but the lightning rule at our pool is one of my top pet peeves. Ours does a 10 mile radius thing, so if a lightning strike is detected 9.9 miles away, the pool is closed for 30 minutes. It's a system required by insurance, but is absolutely not based on any sort of common sense, which is what annoys me most.

So you would rather chance a lighting strike to, checks notes, swim for fun? Ok.

Um. Your formulation is funny. But it's really stupid to keep closing a pool when I can see lightning strikes go from 1 mile to 3 miles to 6 miles to 9.9 miles away, and understand the trajectory. We do have more advanced tools at this point. But yeah, I get how the lazy, one size fits all scenarios, route is easier.

Why is it so hard to just come back another time (or skip the pool when storms are forecast?)

:facepalm:

Have you met children?

ave you taught your kids they don’t always get exactly what they want exactly when they want it? How to deal with disappointment?

There you go - it’s not an effortless thing, even if it’s resolvable. Thanks for helping explain!

Yes, it is easier to sit by the pool and complain about the lazy lifeguards than it is to do the hard work of teaching your kids pool safety. You’re welcome.

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Anonymous wrote:Floridian here laughing at you all staying in the water when there’s lightning about.

Keep doing that. One less voting Floridian the better.

Actually, your post means the opposite. I get out of the water, you don’t, so you’re the one getting electrocuted and not voting in the future. But you just kept posting. You’ll get it right eventually.

I grew up in Florida and we know just how fast it can go from nothing to crazy storm. And it happens pretty much where afternoon in the summer.