Saturday, October 30, 2010

Grand Opening of: "Pali Pool Temp Dot Com", the Blog


(Photo above, dated, Oct. 24, 2010. Pool Temp: 78 degrees Fahrenheit. Photo by & Copyright Will Maguire. All Rights Reserved. Used here with permission.)


(Above, a printed Schedule of Pool Hours, available at the Pool Office; and also available online at: http://palihigh.enschool.org/mgac )

Saturday, Oct. 30, 2010

Dateline: Pacific Palisades, California


The purpose of this Blog is to keep track of the pool temperature at the new Palisades High (aka, Pali High) competition/lap swimming pool, pool hours, pool events, etc. et al at the newly opened "Maggie Gilbert Aquatic Center".

The temp until some time earlier this week had been 78 degrees Fahrenheit. The undersigned swam for the first time in this pool this past Sunday, Oct. 24, 2010 and was surprised at the chilly 78 degree temp of the pool. This is colder than most competitive swimming pools which are typically set between 80 and 82 degrees. On the day of the Grand Opening Ceremonies on Sat., Oct. 10, 2010, the heater was broken and the water was frigid at best! So cold, in fact, that this writer upon jumping in feet first into Lane #7, immediately climbed back out.

Rumor has it that the 78 degree temp in the lap pool since opening to the public on Oct. 18th was the result of trying to save money by the powers that be. We have since learned, however, that the pool temp has been increased to approximately 80 degrees, which is very good news to parents of age group swimmers, high school swimmers, masters swimmers and lap and recreation swimmers.

Below, three photos of the lap/competition pool today at around 12:30 pm:







An audit of the pool temp today around 12:30 pm, revealed that the lap pool was 79 degrees and the teaching pool was 80 degrees (see photo below). The lifeguard on duty also indicated that the lap pool had been 80 degrees the day before but the temp had dropped overnight, which is not unusual given the two significant early morning heavy downpours.



(Photo, dated, 10.24.2010. Photo by & Copyright Will Maguire 2010. All Rights Reserved. Used here with permission.)

*** Last but certainly not least, Many Thanks to Pali High School Teacher Mrs. Rose Gilbert for her vision and generous donations which made this Aquatic Center, named in honor of her daughter and competitive swimmer, Maggie Gilbert, a reality! ***


Will Maguire,
Pali High Class of 1973,
Editor, "Pali Pool Temp Dot Com" Blog
http://PaliPoolTemp.blogspot.com

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