D.C. pools officially open Saturday. For families that attended Friday s kickoff, the opening of community pools and splash parks comes as great news after more than a year of restrictions and lockdowns. Last year I live right over there I was looking at out the window every day, hoping the pool would open, Allen said. It s a great relief. It was a very tough decision for us last year not to open our pools, Bowser said.
Some pools in the area won’t be opening this weekend due to a shortage of lifeguards. A notice was sent to residents in one Chevy Chase high-rise.
the kids are out of school, the families come to see the monuments. people walking around dc say they re trying play it smart. some say it s not that bad. we do what we want to do even if it is o. we embraced it. we made sure we had enough water. enough water, sun screen. stuff like that to try to take breaks as much as you can, get to air conditioned areas. dc has a humid subtropical climate, which is why hot days seem in hour muggy. dc parks and recreation closed all baseball and play fields for the whole weekend examine canceled all athletic tournaments at the fields because of the extreme heat. as for the power situation in the mid atlantic, about 10,000 people are still in the dark a week after those powerful thunderstorms came through and more than 9,000 of those 10,000 are in the baltimore, maryland area. we re holding out hope as rick might tell us coming up shortly that we ll get a cool down sunday into monday and we can