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There is nothing more refreshing than aswim by a hot summer day. But as much as you probably do not want to think of them, some factors likely to take a swimming session a security risk. Insufficient chlorine levels at slippery steps to murderous drowning, it's probably not a new for you that pools can endanger you if you are not careful. But there is one thing you may not be able to realize means that it is not safe to be in the pool at all - and you have to leave yourself immediately. To find out what you need to avoid in the pool to stay safe, read it.

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You may not think much if you see a drop of rain hitting the pool when you swim, but it's important to know how fast a storm can climb, especially when lightning and thunder are involved. Safety experts Attention swimmers and the owners of the pool that as soon as a storm rotates electric, there is a serious risk of electrocution to anyone in the water and that the pool must be released with immediate effect to the first sign of the weather report.

"Swimming during a storm is one of the most dangerous things you can do, "explain the experts from Sunsational Swim School." Lightning regularly strikes water, and since water leads electricity, a lightning strike nearby Could kill you or hurt you. Every time you hear Thunder, or see the lightning, you should get out of the water and in a safe place. "

Ron Holle, research meteorologist at the NOAA National Storm Storms laboratory, explained toUnited States today that while the pools are small and unlikely to bedirectly struck by lightning, "The area affecting a pool is big enough."

The power lines, the telephone lines and the plumbing around the pool "are usually dangerous places during a storm because the current of a lightning strike will easily go through the upright water, showers and other plumbing. Since the pump, lights and other facilities have plumbing-related power lines, a part of a part of a pool complex can affect all this, "says Holle.

Plumbing expert Ray brosnan already saidBetter life that "if lightning strikes, theThe electric current will follow The path it finds with the slightest resistance to the ground. This means that if your body is the best driver nearby, it will move you too. "He adds:" When you are wet, the natural resistance that your body should burst is SF-to-half. "

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Normal background and conversation noise levels can mean the difference between Thunder's hearing when up to 25 miles away, or when it is a few kilometers from your pool. The ability of lightning to hit anywhere in this range of distance means that if the storm is not visibly overloading, stray bolts can always hit you. Sunsational Swim School's experts noted that "even though the current lightning is a few kilometers away, lightning can appear very quickly in new parts of the storm." It is therefore better to get out of the pool as soon as you have seen the rain start falling.

The safety guide for pool soldiers, a national pool company, explains: "Many pool ownerseasily badly judge the distance from lightning Because it may seem very far. "

Typically, Holle says you can hear thunder at about 10 miles away, but "in a noisy place, if the wind blows, or it's raining, thunder can only be understood for a few kilometers." And while you may be able to see lightning up to 80 miles away by a clear night, during the day, you can not see lightning more than 10 or 20 miles away, "he explains.

"If you hear Thunder, you are still in the lightning range," the pool's soldiers experts point out. "It does not mean that lightning can not join you if you can not hear Thunder, however. If you know a storm, is in the area out of the water, even if you do not hear the thunder . "

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If you are in a pool in someone's courtyard with a pergola or another similar refuge, it's not far enough or closed enough to consider you as safe. TheNational Meteorological ServiceExplains that "buildings with exposed sides are not sure (even if they are" grounded "). These include beach huts, metal hangars, picnic shelters / pavilions , abuses and porides of baseball. The porches are also dangerous. "

Once inside, make sure to stay away from windows, doors or soils or concrete walls. The concrete is located at the top of the metal terrace, which can easily carry out electricity. "Lightning can travel Through all wires or metal bars in walls or concrete floor coverings, "says the CDC.

If you can not get into a safe building, a car is the next best place to be. It points out that Holle points out that a threat of lightning typically "lasts less than an hour. So instead of leaving [the pool] for the day, it seems reasonable to wait in the car or another place of lightning until the storm has passed, then come back. "

He suggests waiting at least 30 minutes to return to the pool. "We recommend a 30-minute waiting after the last flash or the last thunder. The two together are the basis of the" 30 -30 rule ". The first 30 are for 30 seconds flash-buff time when a safe place Should have been reached. The 30 others are for the 30 minutes of waiting after the last lightning or the last thunder, "he says.

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