Summer Boating: A Couple More Warnings

With the summer heating up and getting into full swing we saw a couple of warning issued this week:

The State officials issued a general warning that we all should be thinking about safety:

People get a false sense of safety, and a false sense of perception and that hey we can go out there and drinking and driving and it’s not a problem, but the point is they drink too much with the heat and being in the water and dehydration, alcohol can affect you faster then it becomes a problem, said Freeborn County Water Patrol Deputy, Matt Levorson.

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reminded everyone to wear a life jacket. they noted that 90% of people who drown in Corps’ lakes and rivers are not wearing life jackets.

Here’s a couple more warnings worth thinking about:

Have a Safe Boating Weekend, by Brooks Schuelke, Austin, Texas.

Boating in Iowa, Let’s be careful out there!, Steve Lombardi from West Des Moines, Iowa.

from the Injuryboard Beth Janicek’s Boating and Boozing.

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