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Swimming Pool Horror Movie: 12 Feet Deep

Post author:Rudy
Post published:October 21, 2018
Post category:Horror Movie Reviews

Diving into the Movie: 12 Feet Deep When Aquatics International magazine first called me and asked if I would be interested in a project that involved watching a horror movie…

Talking Pools Podcast

If you’ve ever stared at a test kit like it personally insulted your family… welcome home.

Talking Pools Podcast is the pool industry’s “pull up a chair” show—part shop talk, part field manual, part therapy session—built for people who actually live on pool decks: commercial operators, service techs, builders, facility managers, and anyone responsible for water that can’t afford to go sideways. The network was created to level up the pool industry with real-world conversations on water chemistry, filtration, troubleshooting, construction, safety, and the business side of keeping pools open and budgets intact.

Here’s the hook: it’s not theory-first. It’s experience-first—a roster of seasoned pros (with 250+ years of combined “been there, fixed that” wisdom) turning complicated problems into practical moves you can use the same day. And it’s not one voice, one vibe, one corner of the industry: it’s a network of shows designed to reflect how diverse this work really is—different regions, different specialties, different personalities.

Also worth saying out loud: women aren’t “special guests” here—they’re on the mic as hosts, from the beginning, with an intentionally balanced roster. That matters, because the best ideas in this industry don’t come from one lane—they come from the whole road.

If you want a podcast that can make you laugh and make you better at what you do—without pretending the job is easier than it is—Talking Pools is the one you queue up before the first stop, and keep on when the day starts getting weird.

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Twenty-five years after the attacks of September 11, 2001, this special episode of the Talking Pools Podcast is presented without commercial interruption.

Rudy Stankowitz remembers the 2,977 people murdered that day, the passengers and crews who fought back, the first responders who ran toward danger, and the survivors and recovery workers who carried the physical and emotional consequences home with them.

The episode then examines Reflecting Absence, the two enormous memorial pools built within the footprints of the former World Trade Center towers. From nearly 1,400 feet of precision waterfall weir and more than a million gallons of water to thousands of granite panels, extensive automation, and demanding overnight maintenance, Rudy explores the extraordinary engineering required to make the machinery disappear so the meaning can remain.

This episode doesn't reduce sacred ground to pumps, hydraulics, and water treatment. It is a pool professional’s appreciation of the architects, engineers, fabricators, operators, and maintenance crews whose work protects the dignity of one of America’s most important memorials.

In This Episode:

Remembering the victims, heroes, survivors, and recovery workers of September 11
The meaning behind Michael Arad and Peter Walker’s Reflecting Absence
How the massive waterfall weirs were adjusted to within one-sixteenth of an inch
Why published pumping and circulation figures must be interpreted carefully
The difference between water-effect flow and treatment flow
More than 1,000 monitored operating points working behind the scenes
The challenge of maintaining dark granite beneath 400 surrounding trees
Why mock-ups, tolerances, automation, and maintenance access matter
How engineering and maintenance preserve the memorial’s intended experience

Two pools. Nearly two acres. More than a million gallons of water. Thousands of names.

Today, we remember.

#September11 #NeverForget #911Memorial #ReflectingAbsence #TalkingPoolsPodcast #PoolProfessionals #AquaticEngineering #WaterFeatureDesign

Music:

We the People, written and performed by Alesandra Rosette https://youtu.be/AOV70hNcajI?si=1j1f9k2IizozsCQc

Here are the official archived transcripts for all three presidential speeches used in the episode: