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17 dead after duck boat capsizes on Table Rock Lake
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NEAR BRANSON, Mo. -- The Stone County Sheriff confirms eight fatalities involved in a duck boat capsizing on Table Rock Lake Thursday. Emergency crews responded to the incident shortly after 7 p.m. after a severe line of thunderstorms rolled through the area. Sheriff Doug Rader reports the boat had 31 people on board. He tells KY3 News four of those have been transported to a hospital. Some of the 31 on board include children. Divers are on the scene searching for more possible victims. The sheriff says he does not know how many on the boat are missing. The sheriff is asking for any family missing someone to go to Branson City Hall. It remains a rescue and recovery mission. http://www.ky3.com/content/news/Emer...488679201.html Last edited by Dartgod; 07-20-2018 at 11:53 AM.. Reason: updated the number of casualties |
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07-22-2018, 07:40 AM | #199 | |
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Yep, just popped out of nowhere. National Weather Service wasn’t tracking it all when it formed in northwest Kansas and Cental Nebraska and traveled towards Branson. Total negligence on the ride operators. |
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Al Alonzo was at his home about five minutes north of Branson when he saw the weather report shortly after 6 p.m. It said there was a storm coming and it would hit the area about 7 p.m. By 6:30 p.m. Alonzo, 66, was watching small barbecue grills and lawn chairs getting blown over by strong winds. He helped some ladies in his neighborhood get inside and told them to hunker down. His son told him that, shortly before 7 p.m., he saw a duck boat headed for the lake. The wind was coming in strong and the water was choppy. “They’re not going in, are they?” Alonzo said. “I don’t think they’d be going in when it’s like this.” By Friday morning Alonzo had heard what happened to the boat. “They went in,” he said. “Stupid, I can’t understand that.”
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07-22-2018, 08:57 AM | #201 |
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Overloaded and underpowered in high waves is a recipe for disaster. Lake was probably calmer when they went in, they tried to beat the storm.
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I had all of my family here and we were eating, drinking and enjoying the evening. For us, it came out of nowhere, but obviously those paying attention to media should have known about it according to this information you provided. |
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"Steve Paul, owner of the Test Drive Technologies inspection service in the St. Louis area, said he issued a written report for the company in August 2017. It explained why the boats' engines - and pumps that remove water from their hulls - might fail in inclement weather"
Reported by AP Do you think that this defect was disclosed to Ripley and was documented as part of the sale or did Ripley not know that the bilge system needed upgrading? This may open up the food chain to the past owners.
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Nope, will go with what is written on a fan message board by people who don’t have a clue what the hell they are writing and/or arguing about. Please, get with the program. If not bring out the ban hammer. Better to ban them than be proven wrong.
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07-22-2018, 02:26 PM | #206 |
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Whoever made the decision to go out in that weather deserves all the punishment that can be legally dished out.
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Ultimately it is the boat operator.
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07-22-2018, 06:25 PM | #209 |
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Are you suggesting that I would ban him in order to win an argument?
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