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Why do people get out of the pool

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Originally posted by: SpecialEd
usually all my stuff is on the deck when I go into the pool. I don't want my towel and other things to get soaked, so I get out, move my junk and get back in.
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LOL, is that LordMaul's other account? 😀
 
Originally posted by: MmmSkyscraper

So it's not a guy in a wet suit of armour shouting "All gods are bsatards" swinging his broadsword around, on top of a big hill?
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That's the Goldenrods on the other side of the peninsula. An 82 year old man stands perched up high wearing nothing but a thong standing there like a brazen statue with an old Zenith solid state AM radio glued to his ear. When he hears the crashes in the speaker he repeatedly yells LIGHTNING BOLT! LIGHTNING BOLT! LIGHTNING BOLT!and everyone scrambles like our brave soldiers in the airfields at Pearl when them zeroes came in as we all know too well. 🙁

 
Originally posted by: HeroOfPellinor
Lightning detection system. :roll: Tinfoil underwear don't count, dude.
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If you are so smart go ahead and argue with Dr. Martin A. Uman and get back to us with your solution! 😛

 
Originally posted by: MmmSkyscraper
Originally posted by: SpecialEd
usually all my stuff is on the deck when I go into the pool. I don't want my towel and other things to get soaked, so I get out, move my junk and get back in.
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LOL, is that LordMaul's other account? 😀
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:laugh::thumbsup:
 
I'll stay in the pool during a light rain, even a moderate rain, but as soon as a down pour starts, I get out of the pool. Its not that I'm getting any wetter, its that its just not very fun to swim in a heavy rain. There's also the effect of swallowing rain water while swimming laps during heavy rain.
 
Originally posted by: loup garou
Originally posted by: Minerva
Haha we have a lightning detection system so we know ahead of time about storms. If lightning threatens we clear the pool but I'm talking about plain rain.

Rain doesn't affect the ORP that much and the alkalinity can handle quite a bit of acid rain. In NC the precip pH is around 4.6 according to the weather probe.

People actually add the most organics to the system. I won't discuss the disgusting things that happen in the pool.
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The people in your pool are getting out because they probably don't know about your lightning detection system. They don't know whether the storm will bring lightning or not, they just don't want to get fvcking fried. Plus, most of the time, once it starts raining it gets noticably colder from the reduction in sunlight and cold rain (as opposed to warm pool water). Oh, and they probably want to get out and make sure whatever sh1t they have around your pool that they want to keep dry (towels, clothing, footwear, etc) is staying dry.

Enough reasons for you?
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Damn, I was satisfied with "lightning"
 
Originally posted by: Minerva
Seriously I never understood this.

Not like they're gonna get even wetter. :laugh: Sure if it starts lightning but EVERY time it rains the pools clear out. We have a pool for our guests and I've been a lifeguard for the past three summers. 🙂
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First.. there is no outdoor pools that are open now.
Second... what kinda dick brings up sweet summer stuff like swimming when it is balls cold out.
 
Originally posted by: buck
Originally posted by: FoBoT
not all rain comes with lightning
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Go spend some time in Florida and you will whistle a different tune.
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Yeah the OP is from NC and here in NC all summer storms bring lots of lightning. I just can't figure out why the hell you'd go to the pool on a cloudy day?
 
Originally posted by: SonnyDaze
Originally posted by: buck
Originally posted by: FoBoT
not all rain comes with lightning
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Go spend some time in Florida and you will whistle a different tune.
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Yeah the OP is from NC and here in NC all summer storms bring lots of lightning. I just can't figure out why the hell you'd go to the pool on a cloudy day?
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Ya i grew up in Florida and in the summer when it rains,99% of the time lightning follows.
 
I still don't get the big thing about lightning in pools, your body isn't gonna be carrying much current since the water is a much better conductor, also there is no reason for a pool to be hit any more than any other random piece of land. I guess if you go inside everyime there is lightning then its the same, but shouldn't be any worse.
 
Originally posted by: Minerva
Haha we have a lightning detection system so we know ahead of time about storms. If lightning threatens we clear the pool but I'm talking about plain rain.

Rain doesn't affect the ORP that much and the alkalinity can handle quite a bit of acid rain. In NC the precip pH is around 4.6 according to the weather probe.

People actually add the most organics to the system. I won't discuss the disgusting things that happen in the pool.
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Ummm, let me go check the reading on my lightning detector system ... oh wait ... most people don't have one.

General rule of safety is if it's raining get out. How is this hard to understand?
 
Originally posted by: Minerva
Seriously I never understood this.

Not like they're gonna get even wetter. :laugh: Sure if it starts lightning but EVERY time it rains the pools clear out. We have a pool for our guests and I've been a lifeguard for the past three summers. 🙂
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Because they don't want to get wet smartass.... They get out of the pool so that they can stay dry under the shades, maybe some people don't want to get drenched... Is that too much to expect? :roll:
 
Originally posted by: loup garou
Originally posted by: Minerva
Haha we have a lightning detection system so we know ahead of time about storms. If lightning threatens we clear the pool but I'm talking about plain rain.

Rain doesn't affect the ORP that much and the alkalinity can handle quite a bit of acid rain. In NC the precip pH is around 4.6 according to the weather probe.

People actually add the most organics to the system. I won't discuss the disgusting things that happen in the pool.
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The people in your pool are getting out because they probably don't know about your lightning detection system. They don't know whether the storm will bring lightning or not, they just don't want to get fvcking fried. Plus, most of the time, once it starts raining it gets noticably colder from the reduction in sunlight and cold rain (as opposed to warm pool water). Oh, and they probably want to get out and make sure whatever sh1t they have around your pool that they want to keep dry (towels, clothing, footwear, etc) is staying dry.

Enough reasons for you?
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all my thoughts exactly
 
Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
Originally posted by: TheGizmo
who gets out of the pool when it rains? i only get out of the ocean when it rains... tides are all fvcked when a storm comes in
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Well, there's that and the polluted runoff. I stay out of the ocean for 3 days after a rain.
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Aww, come on. I'm sure the rain can't make the Tijuana river any worse.
 
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