Several boats sink during Texas parade for President Trump
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Source: AP
A spokesperson for the Travis County sheriffs office in Texas says several boats sank Saturday while taking part in a parade in support of President Donald Trump.
We responded to multiple calls of boats in distress, several of them sank, but there are no reports of fatalities or injuries and investigators have not determined how many boats sank on the lake near Austin, according to sheriffs spokesperson Kristen Dark.
Dark said the cause was under investigation, but there was no indication of an intentional act. We have no reason to suspect foul play in any of these, sinkings, Dark said.
Dark said weather conditions were generally calm and meteorologist Paul Yura with the National Weather Service in Austin/San Antonio said there were were no storms in the area at the time and winds were generally 10 mph (16 kph) or less.
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BKDem
(1,733 posts)Thekaspervote
(32,752 posts)onetexan
(13,035 posts)Gothmog
(145,085 posts)tanyev
(42,541 posts)ETA: Looks like a lot of the anti-maskers are also anti-life vests. Theyll be very fortunate if no one drowns.
Gothmog
(145,085 posts)cannabis_flower
(3,764 posts)life jackets for each passenger. They don't have to be wearing the at all times.
groundloop
(11,518 posts)I was gonna' suggest that the drunken idiots forgot to put the plug in their boats, buy after seeing that photo I'd say they ventured out in weather that was beyond their capabilities. I've had boats for the past 20 years and wouldn't even think about going out in those kind of swells.
cannabis_flower
(3,764 posts)The larger boats created swells that sunk the smaller boats.
smb
(3,471 posts)Blue Owl
(50,347 posts)n/t
pazzyanne
(6,546 posts)God is tired of being use by tRump.
Cha
(297,106 posts)Laelth
(32,017 posts)They forgot to close the drain plugs before launch.
-Laelth
Noodleboy13
(422 posts)lubbers
peace,
Noodleboy
Laelth
(32,017 posts)-Laelth
Noodleboy13
(422 posts)I guess Freedumb isn't always free after all.
peace,
Noodleboy
Doug.Goodall
(1,241 posts)Laelth
(32,017 posts)It was the Antifa submarine fleet in actionvaliantly destroying the Magat Armada in what will be forever known as The Battle of Lake Travis.
-Laelth
BumRushDaShow
(128,748 posts)2naSalit
(86,515 posts)cspanlovr
(1,470 posts)I think it happened in another flotilla in Florida. Or they're really bad sailors.
regnaD kciN
(26,044 posts)BComplex
(8,029 posts)Because trump is sunk!
Where are all those "evangelicals" who used to talk about punishments from God???
crickets
apnu
(8,751 posts)Those boats sank due to incompetence and maybe alcohol.
Sound like the typical Trumper.
groundloop
(11,518 posts)Those idiots should never have been out in that weather.
Lasher
(27,556 posts)JDC
(10,125 posts)BumRushDaShow
(128,748 posts)so lots of waves from the wakes.
C Moon
(12,212 posts)BumRushDaShow
(128,748 posts)catbyte
(34,367 posts)Edited to add: When I saw #Dumbkirk I actually spit out my drink. We are so much wittier than they are.
Laelth
(32,017 posts)-Laelth
regnaD kciN
(26,044 posts)
that theyll start the narrative that Antifa sabotage caused the whole thing.
Another example of the despicable Biden-led extremist libtards putting the lives of good patriotic Americans at risk!
Gothmog
(145,086 posts)Midnight Writer
(21,738 posts)Gothmog
(145,086 posts)regnaD kciN
(26,044 posts)The absolute lack of any evidence won't matter to these people, nor the fact that law enforcement dismisses it. ("The sheriff of a liberal county...of course he doesn't want the truth to be known!" ) It will become an article of faith for the MAGAts that Antifa Terrorists destroyed property and put good people's lives at risk -- and yet more reason why Twitler MUST be re-elected, so he can "deal with the leftist vermin" that would do this.
Gothmog
(145,086 posts)TomCADem
(17,387 posts)nt
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Gidney N Cloyd
(19,831 posts)Thirties Child
(543 posts)TeamPooka
(24,218 posts)Thirties Child
(543 posts)Laelth
(32,017 posts)-Laelth
Martin Eden
(12,863 posts)Apparently this was the calm Hand of God smiting the truly blasphemous.
Zambero
(8,964 posts)What a great way for maskless climate change deniers to beat the heat!
Faux pas
(14,657 posts)HAHAHA
bucolic_frolic
(43,123 posts)Zoonart
(11,845 posts)Mike Nelson
(9,951 posts)... I trust most of the Rats got away safely.
rdking647
(5,113 posts)dont all boats matter?
Lonestarblue
(9,963 posts)I live only a few miles from Lake Travis, and today was a calm sunny day here. The lake is currently only 72% full, which is just over 18 feet below its water level when full. Its a very deep lake, though, so underwater snags were unlikely to be the problem today. In our last big drought, I think in 2011, the water level dropped to less than 30% and an entire jungle of dumped cars, dead trees, and all types of obstacles appeared.
MarcA
(2,195 posts)TeamPooka
(24,218 posts)Investigation closed.
ResistantAmerican17
(3,797 posts)stopwastingmymoney
(2,041 posts)ResistantAmerican17
(3,797 posts)stopwastingmymoney
(2,041 posts)And then laugh again at dopes on Twitter who dont get the joke
Link to tweet
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CousinIT
(9,238 posts)onetexan
(13,035 posts)Look at the expressions on those trumpers faces.
Lake Travis is 20 minutes from me. Sad that as liberal as Austin is we also have the crazies here as well.
somaticexperiencing
(312 posts)MarcA
(2,195 posts)in this case the Travis County Sheriff's Department. More "socialism" for the rich.
WVreaper
(620 posts)usaf-vet
(6,178 posts)mahatmakanejeeves
(57,378 posts)Drome
(50 posts)Rhetorical question.
thenelm1
(852 posts)Apparently even the fails.
milestogo
(16,829 posts)louis-t
(23,288 posts)-Laelth
Yavin4
(35,432 posts)The ship be sinking.
http://grantland.com/features/where-micheal-ray-richardson/
pbmus
(12,422 posts)Cha
(297,106 posts)Warpy
(111,237 posts)I used to see it all the time, people would rent a party boat, pack the whole family and cases of beer onto it, then go joy riding around until either they got into real trouble or a police boat showed up.
At least it's easier to swim for it in a lake.
Illumination
(2,458 posts)went down, just as Trump will! OH NO!!! Trump is taking on water too like the Titanic! Stay tuned for more Trump drama that we're sick & tired of hearing about!
The Mouth
(3,148 posts)JohnnyRingo
(18,623 posts)What? They literally did?
"Don't tread water on me".
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(107,881 posts)applegrove
(118,600 posts)Alert: not important news of national interest
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