Is this the world's most crowded swimming pool? Thousands try to escape China's scorching heatwave

Daily Mail ^ | 7/20/09

[NormsRevenge]

There was barely enough room to tread water as thousands of swimmers crowded into a pool in an attempt to escape China's scorching heatwave.

But the fact there was no elbow room was not going to stop the fun in the world's most populous nation.

Families desperate to escape the heat grabbed their rubber rings to jostle for space at a local pool in Nanjing, the capital of the Jiangsu Province.

[NormsRevenge]

Cooling off: Temperatures reached as high as 40 degrees forcing many Chinese to seek relief in swimming pools and even the polluted Yangtze river

[A_Former_Democrat]

Communist planning at its finest

[loveitor..]

allright..who peed?

[MarineBrat]

That’s rotsa wee wee!

[doc1019]

ROFLMAO! Thanks. ;-)

[wastedyears]

[cripplecreek]

Rotsa weewee soup

By Chung King.

[Squantos]

They sell baby ruth candy bars over there ?:o)

[RepublitarianRoger2]

Here’s one that’s apparently in Tokyo:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=inA-36YRV0Y

[RatsDawg]

I can’t find Waldo!

[cubreporter]

Dear God...I’d rather be home sitting in my bathtub with some nice cool water.

[fso301]

I notice the ammonia smell is causing some to plug their nose.

[cubreporter]

What good is the wave pool? The wave can’t go anywhere and no one can duck under it or ride it.

[PGR88]

That’s not a swimming pool - that’s a giant bowl of human soup.

[WVKayaker]

You've got way too much time on your hands!

[BallyBill]

I can’t find the Katrina Looter Guy in that pic. He’s probably stealing everybody’s sandals.

[Hammer Tym]

Seriously, looter guy needs to be there

[Verginius Rufus]

40 degrees Celsius = 104 degrees Fahrenheit.

They will get a bit of relief on Wednesday during the eclipse--should cause the temperature to drop a bit.

[DennisR]

So are you saying that the sun has more to do with “climate change” than does carbon dioxide?

Just wonderin.

[Verginius Rufus]

I wouldn't think of blaming the sun for climate change. That would let the evil multinational corporations and George W. Bush off the hook. Can't do that.

Nighttime temperatures are usually lower than daytime temperatures. Having the sun invisible in the middle of the day, even if only for 6 minutes 39 seconds, may cause a drop in the temperature. At least that sort of thing used to happen in the days before global warming.