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Article: COAST GUARD ISSUES COLD WATER SAFETY ADVISORY

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March 23, 2007
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The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's U.S. Coast Guard, 1st District office, issued the following press release:

The United States Coast Guard is issuing a cold water safety advisory for all early spring boaters, paddlers, sailors and fishers on the inland and coastal waters of the Northeast's First Coast Guard District. With many inland lakes and ponds nearly free of ice and a forcasted warm weekend, the call to the open water may be strong - but deceptively dangerous.

"The water temperatures in the Northeast are closer to freezing than they are to being even remotely tolerable - despite the comfortable air temperature," said Al Johnson, Recreational Boating Safety Specialist for the ...

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