Two swimming pool weather policies have surprised me in recent years. One was when I showed up to swim laps at an outdoor pool as it was beginning to drizzle. “Come on in,” I was told; as long as ...

Across the country, pools close when lightning is in the area. For outdoor pools, the rationale is clear: About 10 to 15 people are killed by lightning in the United States each year, and the vast ...

On the final day of the 2016 Cera Ve Invitational, the meet was delayed due to an unlikely natural phenomenon: lightning. Although the meet was originally supposed to begin at 8:15A.M., the officials ...

I have wondered, and so have others in my high-rise building, about the level of risk involved in swimming in our indoor pool (which has skylights) during a thunderstorm. Should we be swimming there ...

ALBUQUERQUE, NM (KRQE) – Bernalillo County announced on this Facebook page that its closing its pools Thursdays due to lightning and thunder at facilities. At the sound of thunder, the lifeguard and ...

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