National Safe Boating Week is May 22 to 28!

...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