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...National Safe Boating Week is May 22 through May 28...

The National Weather Service (NWS) has partnered with the
National Safe Boating Council, a NOAA Weather-Ready Nation
Ambassador to help promote safe boating practices. The Council
offers a wealth of free resources such as infographics, videos,
audio clips, fact sheets, social media and much more. These
resources can be found at:

https://www.safeboatingcouncil.org

and

https://safeboatingcampaign.com

During Safe Boating Week, NWS Caribou will produce daily Facebook
and Twitter posts. Saturday will focus on Cold Water Safety.
Sunday`s topic will be fire extinguishers as well as rip current
safety. Monday will feature life jackets. Tuesday`s posts will
discuss fog. Wednesday`s subject will be marine thunderstorms and
Thursday`s focus will be on hurricane preparedness. Friday`s topic
will be marine forecasts and what to do before you go out.

In addition to these social media posts, links from NWS,
http://www.weather.gov/safety/safeboating-week will take you to
various videos and web sites each day, highlighting
additional weather and safe boating information.

For more info, see https://www.weather.gov/SAFETY/SAFEBOATING-WEEK