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SwearOnWhateverOrWhoeverHat RetweetedBREAKING: Travis sheriff's office releases official information about
@realDonaldTrump
boat parade:
- 5 boats sank, 2 towed, 3 still submerged.
- Most boats that took on water were towed before sinking.
- Weather was calm. Large boats generated waves.
- No evidence of foul play.
Link to tweet
A HERETIC I AM
(24,365 posts)Thats the whole bloody point!
Roland99
(53,342 posts)leftieNanner
(15,074 posts)With "Navy Bean" cans in the torpedoes.
Very clever folk.
Laffy Kat
(16,376 posts)Navy bean!
PSPS
(13,583 posts)Mariana
(14,854 posts)I bet not one of those "large boats" that "generated waves" took on water or sank.
Eyeball_Kid
(7,430 posts)... and they had those artificial wave generators on all of their hulls.
mercuryblues
(14,526 posts)The can of chicken torpedolini soup test run was a success
Wicked Blue
(5,826 posts)That would make it a tragedy.
lapfog_1
(29,194 posts)hats off to the Antifa submarine warfare platoon... aka the ASWP.
LAS14
(13,777 posts)...that I haven't THOROUGHLY enjoyed the jokes.
regnaD kciN
(26,044 posts)flamin lib
(14,559 posts)Texas law says that any damage caused by wake is the responsibility of the person generating the wake. I hope the insurance companies demand that the boat owners generating the wakes be found and prosecuted as well as providing restitution to the owners who lost their boats.
This was a fortunate outcome, nobody drowned. That doesn't always happen. I have been involved in rescues of people left in the water as their boats sank due to some asshole leaving a July 4th event at full throttle. Nobody drown in that event either.
I don't know about where you live but in Texas there is no licensing to operate and no required training. All it takes to be a captain is a check that doesn't bounce. Think about that. A vessel that weighs 10-15,000 pounds with 400 horse power and no required training.
Okay, rant over.
Back to the funny as hell Dumbkirk meme.
csziggy
(34,133 posts)Both from people who were 'celebrating' the event and those who have been making fun of it. I hope the insurance companies dredge every one of those videos and use them against the participants.
I can also see the insurance companies denying the claims if the owners whose boats sank had been operating them in an unsafe fashion or had been drinking while driving them.