I guarantee I can swim better than you.
'Duck boat' design flaw flagged years ago
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I guarantee I can swim better than you.
Why are you not accepting PM's Goon? What kind of coward are you?
Irish Exit
Verified User
I think you will be learning that at least 9 of them were bloated blacknecks from Indiana since they apparently all went to an apostolic church, 7 of whom were children.
Guno צְבִי
We fight, We win, Am Yisrael Chai
very well, grew up 4 block from the ocean and learned to swim at 6 also 4 years in blue and brown water navy , rube
Also smart enough not to get in a rig like the duck boat how they have it set up
So in other words you can probably swim a whole 50 yards and of course always in sight of land. Got it. Still want to go for that boat ride Willy?
Guno צְבִי
We fight, We win, Am Yisrael Chai
goyim sez what?
Leonthecat
Racism Watchdog
The decision to launch in the face of SEVERE thunderstorm warnings, rather than refund the tickets, was made out of greed.
Too many on board. No life jackets and a greedy venue who didn't care about the safety of their guests.
PoliTalker
Diversity Makes Greatness
Hello leaningright,
If the time to return to safety exceeds the time to warn the Capt of the need to do it, then the cruise was too risky to attempt.
But that's one of the problems with capitalism. Business plans don't allow for turning away business for the purpose of most prudent safety procedures. There is always the pressure to provide a ride if they can fill the boat. I wonder if part of the problem was that they had a large group. Without that one customer, the boat would not have been filled? And it is likely that family only had that one chance to do it while they were all together. The weather was fine when they left. The question needs to be asked: "Should they have left with a forecast that this was possible?"
We all saw the video of the boat struggling against the storm. How much of a chance of being caught in those conditions should they accept when deciding to embark?
If we say none, does that kill that business model?
Will the business model be scuttled anyway because of the canopy issue?
If the time to return to safety exceeds the time to warn the Capt of the need to do it, then the cruise was too risky to attempt.
But that's one of the problems with capitalism. Business plans don't allow for turning away business for the purpose of most prudent safety procedures. There is always the pressure to provide a ride if they can fill the boat. I wonder if part of the problem was that they had a large group. Without that one customer, the boat would not have been filled? And it is likely that family only had that one chance to do it while they were all together. The weather was fine when they left. The question needs to be asked: "Should they have left with a forecast that this was possible?"
We all saw the video of the boat struggling against the storm. How much of a chance of being caught in those conditions should they accept when deciding to embark?
If we say none, does that kill that business model?
Will the business model be scuttled anyway because of the canopy issue?
Goyim says: Guno is a lying sack of shit. Goyim knows.
moon
Satire for Sanity
Hey- how much did your anchor weigh ? Haw, haw....haw.
Irish Exit
Verified User
So? Insurance company will cover it and the greedy venue will get to keep the faires.
Sadly this appears to be the case.
I will bet u 5000.00 u can't!!!!!!!!!
Meet me
I was a lifeguard at the beach and on swim team from age 6 to 18
I will meet u anywhere around Asheville
They had lifejackets dumbass
moon
Satire for Sanity
Careful. He has a tattooed Johnson. Did it himself.
Leonthecat
Racism Watchdog
30 obese hillbillies at Branson Mo. could easy exede 5000 pounds. The passenger load was probably more like 7000 pounds.
SEVERE thunderstorm warnings should have cancelled any tour on the water that day.
Greed, not wanting to refund tickets killed those hillbillies.
30 obese hillbillies at Branson Mo. could easy exede 5000 pounds. The passenger load was probably more like 7000 pounds.
SEVERE thunderstorm warnings should have cancelled any tour on the water that day.
I do not know what the weight in that vessel was.
Very, very sad. It was a lovely calm sunny day when they shoved off. The problem was that there had been forecasts of approaching weather...it did not appear out of nowhere. Why on earth the operators had either no knowledge of, or ignored the day's forecast is near unforgivable.
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National Weather Service radar image shows the storm just as it approached Table Rock Lake late Thursday afternoon..(Photo: National Weather Service)
Weather expert on Branson duck boat: Warnings were there and should have been heeded
A former president of the American Meteorological Society says Table Rock Lake had plenty of warning ahead of the disastrous storm that killed 17 people in a duck boat tragedy Thursday.
"The radar clearly showed a very large complex of storms approaching the lake," said Marshall Shepherd, who led the AMS in 2013. "If I had been at the lake under that situation, I would not have gone out."
Shepherd, director of the Atmospheric Sciences Program at the University of Georgia, said he has been following the Branson tragedy.
He said the most important takeaway is that the National Weather Service in Springfield had forecast an outbreak of severe thunderstorms more than six hours before a fast-moving storm lashed the lake with 60-80 mph winds.
He objected to the statement made by the owner of Ride the Ducks that the storm "came out of nowhere."
"Storms like this don't come out of nowhere," Shepherd said. "It was literally on the radar scope for hours. Meteorologists were predicting that part of Missouri was at risk for strong storms days before it happened."
Duck boat timeline: First alert came Thursday
A National Weather Service timeline of its watches and warnings showed it issued its first severe thunderstorm watch for southwest Missouri — including Table Rock Lake — at 11:20 a.m. Thursday.
The storm struck Table Rock Lake around 6:30 p.m. Thursday evening.
"The argument that it came out of nowhere doesn't fly anymore," Shepherd said. "It's 2018, not 1901."
https://www.news-leader.com/story/n...s-warnings-should-have-been-heeded/809555002/
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National Weather Service radar image shows the storm just as it approached Table Rock Lake late Thursday afternoon..(Photo: National Weather Service)
Weather expert on Branson duck boat: Warnings were there and should have been heeded
A former president of the American Meteorological Society says Table Rock Lake had plenty of warning ahead of the disastrous storm that killed 17 people in a duck boat tragedy Thursday.
"The radar clearly showed a very large complex of storms approaching the lake," said Marshall Shepherd, who led the AMS in 2013. "If I had been at the lake under that situation, I would not have gone out."
Shepherd, director of the Atmospheric Sciences Program at the University of Georgia, said he has been following the Branson tragedy.
He said the most important takeaway is that the National Weather Service in Springfield had forecast an outbreak of severe thunderstorms more than six hours before a fast-moving storm lashed the lake with 60-80 mph winds.
He objected to the statement made by the owner of Ride the Ducks that the storm "came out of nowhere."
"Storms like this don't come out of nowhere," Shepherd said. "It was literally on the radar scope for hours. Meteorologists were predicting that part of Missouri was at risk for strong storms days before it happened."
Duck boat timeline: First alert came Thursday
A National Weather Service timeline of its watches and warnings showed it issued its first severe thunderstorm watch for southwest Missouri — including Table Rock Lake — at 11:20 a.m. Thursday.
The storm struck Table Rock Lake around 6:30 p.m. Thursday evening.
"The argument that it came out of nowhere doesn't fly anymore," Shepherd said. "It's 2018, not 1901."
https://www.news-leader.com/story/n...s-warnings-should-have-been-heeded/809555002/
Wow! Swim in a pool? Got to the beaches on the nice days? We all know nobody swims when it is shitty out. If you are trying to impress, you are not.
ThatOwlWoman
Leftist Vermin
A lot of them were trapped inside; don't think life vests would have helped. Plus at least one was an infant. So very sad.