Saturday, September 5, 2020

Swamped: At Least 4 Boats Sink During ‘Trump Boat Parade’ in Texas, Officials Say - The New York Times

This stupidity astonishes.  Lake Travis is fed by two dams which form Inks Lake on the Colorado River (NOT the one that runs through the Grand Canyon].  It's a sliver that looks perhaps 100 yards wide to me.  10 miles an hour by these boats is a lot of displacement.  Why these guys put these big boats in that river for a Trump parade is a mystery to me.  Hail to the Chief, I guess.  What coud go wrong?

At Least 4 Boats Sink During ‘Trump Boat Parade’ in Texas, Officials Say - The New York Times

Owners of boats of “all shapes and sizes” were encouraged to participate and to decorate their craft with “as many Trump flags” as possible at the event in Lake Travis in Texas, a Facebook page said.

Multiple boats in distress, sinking at Trump Boat Parade on Lake Travis | KEYE

Multiple boats in distress, sinking at Trump Boat Parade on Lake Travis | KEYE