Wild Deuce
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- Dec 2, 2009
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I'm not sure of the geography but I believe this happened at Table Rock Lake, is that Branson?
Doesn't really matter to the dead though.
[FONT=&]"My husband would want me to say this - he would want the world to know that on this boat we were on, the captain had told us 'don't worry about grabbing the life jackets - you won't need them' so nobody grabbed them as we listened to the captain as he told us to stay seated," Tia Coleman said.[/FONT]
Hits the nail on the head.It also seems they're trying to make it back to the ramp rather than just get shallow and beach the thing.
This particular operation, maybe.I think it's time to ban duck boats.
I think it's time to ban duck boats.
I HOPE that you forgot the purple. Duck boats do not kill people - idiots operating duck boats kill people. Maybe we need "common sense" duck boat laws, right?
I think we all know he intended this in purple...
I HOPE that you forgot the purple. Duck boats do not kill people - idiots operating duck boats kill people. Maybe we need "common sense" duck boat laws, right?
I'm not sure of the geography but I believe this happened at Table Rock Lake, is that Branson?
Doesn't really matter to the dead though.
I think it's time to ban duck boats.
I just heard an interview on Fox59 with a survivor from Indy who lost 9 of her family members, including her children and husband. Heartbreaking. God bless her and her nephew who survived...that will haunt them forever. She said the storm was known to be coming and the duck people said to hurry out to the lake so they could beat it. Another thing she said is the "Captain" said they wouldn't need lifejackets, everything is fine. Geeze....this is terrible!
I figured that, and I hope that is the case. However, when you read the comment sections on the news feeds, you will see lots of calls to "ban the duck busts". You will also see comments from libtards that blame "Trump", "global warming" and "republicans" for the tragedy. One comment was something along the lines of; "when I first heard of this incident, my first thought was 'how many of the victims voted for Trump". HOW can this be the first thought of ANY SANE person with regards to a tragedy!
I've already seen articles calling for that.
Course, the commenters aren't calling for their cars to be banned. Even though you can pull up 1000 to 1 accident reports on cars vs dukws.
I hate to say it, but I think they will eventually ban themselves. Between insurance costs, lawsuit settlements, and scrutiny...they will eventually have to provide a "safe" duck boat. I know the cost of a new duck boat fleet would be expensive, I can't imagine it being more than insurance costs and settlements on the present ones. This place has to make a fortune at $30 a pop! $30 x 40 people x however many boats x 7-8 times a day.......they should be able to afford a new boat.
Can you get a "New" DUKW?