Can I Swim When It Rains? This Is A Risk To Avoid

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YOGYAKARTA Have you ever asked whether you swim when it rains? The question is natural to be questioned considering that rainwater is not so dangerous for health and body. However, this assumption actually needs to be reviewed.

Many opinions state that swimming can be a dangerous activity if it rains even if it rains it will not harm the body. The following is a potential danger that may occur when swimming when it rains.

Swimming when the weather is rainy turns out to be potentially struck by lightning. As is known, the appearance of lightning is unpredictable. Even lightning can strike anywhere, including in the pool area where you swim. It is recommended not to swim in open and wide pools when it rains or when lightning strikes occur several times.

We never know a cable leak that becomes a power line. Especially if you swim in the swimming pool with the lights around you. Rainy water wetting the ground and lights will make electricity easily spread to the point that the swimmer is stinging. This condition is so dangerous that it is advised not to swim when it rains heavily.

Rainwater will make the area around the swimming pool slippery, especially if the area around the pool uses stronger marble or other materials. Even the soil becomes more muddy so that it can make the pool water dirty.

Dirty rainwater plus cold air temperature can trigger the flu. Of course this condition is not desirable. This reason needs to be considered if you plan to swim when it rains.

It is undeniable that the air temperature when it rains will turn cold. If you force yourself to swim in the cold air temperature then the potential for hypochromia will increase. It should be noted that hypothermia is a condition in which the body's temperature drops drastically, triggering the body's organs to stop working.

It must be noted that rainwater has the potential to bring pollutants, both from the sky and from the roof and ground. These pollutants will contaminate pool water and enter the body, it is feared that it will interfere with health. In addition, rainwater also has the potential to carry dirt, dust, leaves, mulsa, powder, and even insects carried by the wind.

Accidentally swallowing water while swimming is common. On the other hand, swimming pool water mixed with rainwater and other dirt carried by the wind and water is quite dangerous if swallowed. As a result, it will interfere with health such as triggering digestive problems or other serious problems.

Rain is often accompanied by the wind. While swimming in the pool of the room in the middle of the rain, the potential for throwing objects carried by the wind is quite high. Even objects that are thrown are quite hard or sharp enough to injure.

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