Have you ever been swimming and suddenly it rained?

@sinari (4997)
Indonesia
January 5, 2022 9:32pm CST
During the New Year, usually many people vacation with their families or children. Some go on vacation to the beach, village, or swim with their families or children. If you swim in a hotel or in a swimming pool, maybe when it rains you won't feel the rain. But if you swim on the beach, in the river or in the water park area, then when it rains, we will also be hit by the rain. For me, when swimming and there is rain falling from the sky, then this is a very exciting thing. But what is feared is if there is lightning, for fear of being struck by lightning. Do you like swimming while enjoying the rain? Image is mine
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• United States
6 Jan 22
I have went swimming in the rain many times. You're right. It's fun. I get out of the water if any severe weather threatens. Here's one for you.. Have you ever been swimming while it's snowing outside? I have. Several times. A hole would be cut out of the ice on top of the lake and after a sauna, everyone would jump in the water. Yes. I DO know how stupid that sounds but it was pretty common where I grew up. It's more fun to swim while it's snowing.
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@sinari (4997)
• Indonesia
6 Jan 22
I've never swam in snow. Because in my country there is no snow, or snowing like in your place. If there is snow in my place, then I will most likely try to swim in a place where there is snow. if I'm strong and don't freeze. LoL It's good to know that you can and are strong enough to swim in the snow. thank you
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• United States
6 Jan 22
@sinari Like this. It's a little more than a minute.
A few brave souls (Jae, Charles, Jenny, Clint) embraced the cold and left the cozy sauna house for a dip in the frozen lake.
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@sinari (4997)
• Indonesia
6 Jan 22
@Vikingswest1 Wow...you're great friend. Don't you feel cold? and after getting out of the snow hole, do your feet still feel, or ache? If I was in that snow pit, I would probably freeze. LoL The endurance of your body and your bones is extraordinary. You are very healthy.
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@arunima25 (85265)
• Bangalore, India
6 Jan 22
We go for swimming only during summer. And it is fun when it rains ( light showers are okay not the downpour). Our swimming pool is closed since the pandemic.
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@arunima25 (85265)
• Bangalore, India
14 Jan 22
@sinari Our swimming pool opened after a long time in December but then Omicron cases spiked and it is closed again. It was there for only a week and we didn't go.
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@arunima25 (85265)
• Bangalore, India
15 Jan 22
@sinari It's unpredictable times with this mysterious virus lurking around. Omicron is the wide spread dominant variant but Delta is not fully gone.
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@sinari (4997)
• Indonesia
7 Jan 22
Yes, indeed in summer, swimming is a fun activity. As well as to cool the body too. But indeed during this pandemic, where I am also many swimming pools are closed.
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@youless (112100)
• Guangzhou, China
6 Jan 22
Yes, it can happen. If it rain hard, usually we will be asked to leave the swimming pool. As there can be a lightning and it will be dangerous. So I don't want to go to swim if it rains.
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@youless (112100)
• Guangzhou, China
9 Jan 22
@sinari This is why I don't want to swim when it rains because it spoils the mood to leave the swimming pool
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@sinari (4997)
• Indonesia
7 Jan 22
Yes, that's absolutely true. In my place, the pool staff will not allow us to enter the pool when it rains heavily. Indeed, what is feared is a lightning strike. But strangely, when I was a child, my friends and I often took a rain shower, and were not afraid of lightning. maybe because we were young, so we didn't understand the danger of lightning.
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@sinari (4997)
• Indonesia
9 Jan 22
@youless Yes, you are absolutely right. Really spoils our mood. When we were cool to swim, suddenly it was cloudy and it rained with lightning as well. For the sake of security and safety, then we have to get out of the swimming pool. Very disturbing our happiness who likes to swim.
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@DianneN (246334)
• United States
7 Jan 22
I usually don’t swim if it isn’t a sunny day.
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@DianneN (246334)
• United States
7 Jan 22
@sinari Definitely a no no
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@sinari (4997)
• Indonesia
7 Jan 22
Well, I think you don't like swimming when it's raining, especially when there's lightning.
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@sinari (4997)
• Indonesia
8 Jan 22
@DianneN Yes, it is very unsafe.
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@sarik1 (6746)
10 Jan 22
I have not experience swimming.
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@sarik1 (6746)
12 Jan 22
@sinari Okay.
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@sinari (4997)
• Indonesia
10 Jan 22
I'm also not very good at swimming, just like you. when I swim I'm just by the pool, LoL. If the water is too deep I'm afraid of drowning.
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@ladyhero (3846)
• Indonesia
6 Jan 22
I don't really like swimming when it rains, because the water gets colder, and can be struck by lightning
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6 Jan 22
I've been a long distance swimmer for quite some time. From my experience, pool water actually gets warmer when rain begins.
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@ladyhero (3846)
• Indonesia
7 Jan 22
@stewartclint how can the water be warm? or because your body is constantly moving so it feels warm?
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7 Jan 22
@ladyhero Yes, and perhaps in combination with a lot of other factors: the cold raindrops on your body provides the opposite sensation of the water below, the same cooler rain on hot land around the pool transfers the heat into the pool water. In any case, that's my experience of it.
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@cherigucchi (14879)
• Philippines
6 Jan 22
I do love that and I had experienced it many times.
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@cherigucchi (14879)
• Philippines
9 Jan 22
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@sinari (4997)
• Indonesia
7 Jan 22
It means that you and I both like to take a rain shower. LoL
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@Deepizzaguy (94289)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
6 Jan 22
I do not remember swimming in the rain since I have heard horror stories of lightning strikes while swimming.
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@Deepizzaguy (94289)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
7 Jan 22
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@sinari (4997)
• Indonesia
7 Jan 22
Yes, that's what I'm really afraid of. Swimming in heavy rain can be dangerous too. Fear of a lightning strike which is very dangerous for swimmers.
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@LindaOHio (155512)
• United States
6 Jan 22
I don't think I've ever been swimming while it was raining. You definitely need to get out of the water if it is lightning!!
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@sinari (4997)
• Indonesia
7 Jan 22
Well, actually I like rain showers since I was little. But indeed I am afraid of the sound of thunder and lightning.
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@Rashnag (30598)
• Surat, India
6 Jan 22
Glad to know about it. I don't know swimming dear
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@Rashnag (30598)
• Surat, India
7 Jan 22
@sinari oh ok dear
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@sinari (4997)
• Indonesia
7 Jan 22
Wow, I'm also not good at swimming. If I swim, I don't dare to go to the middle of the swimming pool. I was just by the pool.
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@Janet357 (75656)
6 Jan 22
the last time I swam in the sea was in 2019. I really loved it.
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@sinari (4997)
• Indonesia
7 Jan 22
Wow, so cool. Turns out you're a great swimmer. The proof is you are very brave to swim in the sea. Frankly, I'm afraid to swim in the sea. afraid of being dragged by the waves. Because I'm not very good at swimming.
@Iqbaleee (125)
• Tangerang, Indonesia
6 Jan 22
I have been swimming in a swimming pool and it suddenly rained and it was raining with lightning, so I had to take shelter, but if it wasn't raining with lightning it seemed fun to swim while it was raining.
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@sinari (4997)
• Indonesia
7 Jan 22
Yes, I totally agree with you. Actually swimming when it rains is very exciting. However, to avoid the danger of a lightning strike, we must first get out of the swimming pool, and find a place to take shelter.
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