3 head-scratchers about lakes you may not know...

1. 70% OF ALL BOATING FATALITY ACCIDENTS RESULT FROM DROWNING. ALMOST 85% OF THOSE WHO DROWN ARE NOT WEARING A LIFE JACKET.

2. 9 OUT OF 10 DROWNINGS OCCUR IN INLAND WATERS, MOST WITHIN A FEW FEET OF SAFETY, INVOLVING BOATS UNDER 20 FT. LONG.

3. MOST DROWNING VICTIMS HAD A LIFE JACKET AVAILABLE AND CHOSE NOT TO WEAR IT.    

Source: Personal Flotation Device Manufacturers Association.  pfdma.org