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ADMINISTRATIVE MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
1245 PM EDT FRI MAY 19...2000
TO: NWS EMPLOYEES
FROM: THERESE Z. PIERCE...CHIEF...HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL
SERVICES
SUBJECT: SAFE BOATING WEEK
...MAY 20-26...2000...IS SAFE BOATING WEEK...
RECREATIONAL BOATING CAN BE ONE OF THE MOST ENJOYABLE WAYS TO
SPEND AN AFTERNOON: OUT ON THE WATER EITHER CRUISING OR TOLLING
OR SIMPLY DRIFTING ALONG. IT IS A FAVORITE PASTIME OF TENS OF
MILLIONS OF AMERICANS. HOWEVER...OUR WATERWAYS CAN BECOME
CROWDED AND CHAOTIC AT TIMES. TO THE UNPREPARED...A PLEASANT DAY
CAN TURN QUICKLY INTO TRAGEDY. EACH YEAR ABOUT 800 PEOPLE DIE IN
BOATING RELATED ACCIDENTS. EIGHT OUT OF TEN OF THESE PEOPLE WERE
NOT WEARING A LIFE JACKET. VIRGIL CHAMBERS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF
THE NATIONAL SAFE BOATING COUNCIL SAYS "THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WOULD
BE ALIVE TODAY HAD THEY TAKEN THE SIMPLE STEP OF WEARING A LIFE
JACKET WHEN THEY WENT OUT ON THE WATER."
IN AN EFFORT TO COMBAT THESE ALARMING STATISTICS...THE NATIONAL
SAFE BOATING COUNCIL...IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE UNITED STATES
COAST GUARD AND THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STATE BOATING LAW
ADMINISTRATORS...IS LAUNCHING THE '2000 BOAT SMART FROM THE
START' CAMPAIGN DURING NATIONAL SAFE BOATING WEEK. SAFE BOATING
WEEK MAY 20-26 IS BEING OBSERVED IN CANADA AS WELL AS THE UNITED
STATES. THIS CAMPAIGN IS DESIGNED TO COMMUNICATE THIS YEARS
MESSAGE "BOAT SMART FROM THE START...WEAR YOUR LIFE JACKET."
HOW MANY OF US IN THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAVE SEEN A BENIGN
LOOKING CLOUD TURN INTO A ROARING THUNDERSTORM IN A MATTER OF
MINUTES. FOR THOSE ON A BOAT...ESPECIALLY A SMALLER BOAT...THE
WINDS...WAVES...AND LIGHTNING ACCOMPANYING ONE OF THESE STORMS
CAN BE TERRIFYING. YOUR LIFE JACKET MAY BE YOUR SAVIOR IF YOUR
BOAT GETS SWAMPED. AND...IF YOU'RE NOT WEARING ONE...YOU MAY NOT
HAVE TIME TO PUT IT ON WHEN EVENTS BECOME CRITICAL.
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICES...ESPECIALLY THOSE SERVING A
LARGE BOATING ORIENTED POPULATION...ARE ENCOURAGE TO SUPPORT THE
CAUSE OF SAFE BOATING DURING THIS NEXT WEEK. IF WE SAVE ONE
LIFE...IT IS WORTH IT. MORE INFORMATION ON THIS CAN BE FOUND ON
THE SAFE BOATING WEB SITE...WWW.SAFEBOATINGCAMPAIGN.COM.
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