I have been thinking about the ground rods on the pool.
There is certainly no code requirement for them but it did get me wondering if, during a lightning event, would save the liner in your pool? We know, as a general concept, that you want to shunt that lightning strike into the earth with as direct a path as possible. There may be some virtue to grounding the frame of an above ground metal pool to avoid the water/ground path via the liner. I know I have several bonding wires around the perimeter of my pool cage into the footer steel, just for that reason. To make it work I think you would need air terminals on the frame but the fence they put on top might do that.
In any case I doubt it would add to safety. When you hear thunder or see those 20,000 foot tall clouds rolling in, get out of the pool and go inside. The lightning still might see your wet head sticking out of the water as the most attractive target.
