Category: Swimming Pools
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Swimming Lessons Return After the Pandemic
According to Swim England more than five million swimming sessions were lost during the pandemic and for Sally and her daughters it was one of the things they have missed most over the past year.
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Hawk Perches on Woman’s Arm After She Saved It From Swimming Pool
It was a long goodbye recorded on camera for a New Hampshire woman and a hawk she had saved from her swimming pool. “Hi there, little guy,†Cortnie Langley is heard saying to the hawk. “I know, I’m going to try and help you get out. Just don’t kill me, OK? We’re gonna do this…
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‘Poolmageddon’ – A Major Chlorine Shortage Is Set to Spoil Summertime Fun in the Swimming Pool
The chlorine shortage is widespread and it will likely worsen — driving chlorine prices even higher — as homeowners start to prep swimming pools for the season. CNBC spoke to pool industry insiders in multiple states — including Florida, Michigan, Nevada and Texas — about the tight supplies, which are expected to blindside pool owners,…
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Pools Open up for the Summer in East Tennessee
The CDC says kids should still wear a mask when they are not in the pool or when eating or drinking.
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Poolside Patrol as Police Dogs Train at Old Swimming Baths
An old swimming pool repeatedly targeted by vandals is now being used to help catch them. Police dogs are undergoing training at Bon Accord Baths in Aberdeen, which has lain empty for ten years. Officers frequently called out to investigate criminal activity realized the derelict leisure center was the perfect place to put the pups…
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Chernobyl: The Azure Swimming Pool / Cinematic FPV
To wash away radiation from buildings, to wash away a hard day… The Azure swimming pool is one of the few institutions that continued to function after the Chernobyl accident. Until 1998, when the third power unit was shut down, liquidators and employees of Pripyat enterprises came here to swim.
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‘Let Them Swim,’ Group Petitioning Rochester Leaders to Reopen Silver Lake Pool
There’s a growing effort in Rochester to reopen Silver Lake Pool this summer. The pool sat vacant last year. Then in September, some on Rochester City Council and the Parks Board recommended permanently closing the pool. They cited budget concerns and said the pool was old and that fewer people used it. “Every spring, when we start…
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Here’s The Frightening Moment A Swimming Pool Collapsed Into A Condominium’s Garage
Security footage captured a pool in Vitória, Brazil, collapsing this week, flooding a parking garage. See Digg