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To: GnuThere

Can you say if the tragedies are the result of a poor design for the duck boat or unsafe acts by the operators?


17 posted on 07/19/2018 11:31:43 PM PDT by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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To: BradyLS

I resent your tagline.....WE gotta eat too!


21 posted on 07/19/2018 11:41:57 PM PDT by Forty-Niner (The barely bare, berry Bear formily known as Ursus Arctos Horrilibis (or U.A. Californicus))
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To: BradyLS

They were out on the water during a T-storm warning with high straight line winds. The Duck Boats are amphibious, but this created very rough, ocean-like conditions- I’m not sure they were designed for high waves.


23 posted on 07/19/2018 11:54:13 PM PDT by GnuThere
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To: BradyLS
Can you say if the tragedies are the result of a poor design for the duck boat or unsafe acts by the operators?

Probably the later. We had some nasty thunderstorms pass by the KC area late afternoon heading southeast and that's probably the system that hit Table Rock.

36 posted on 07/20/2018 3:59:03 AM PDT by DoodleDawg
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To: BradyLS

Narrow beam

Shallow draft

Low freeboard

Multiple hull penetrations protected by ancient surplus rubber boots

Inadequate dewatering systems

No high water alarms

No added buoyancy

Restricted passenger egress

Poor maintenance

Unskilled operators

Ride at your own risk!!!


47 posted on 07/20/2018 6:24:29 AM PDT by keat
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To: BradyLS

very sad. People have made ‘mother nature’ into their god and lost all proper respect for the elements.

When you get out of your comfort zone, it’s smart to be prepared


63 posted on 07/20/2018 12:00:29 PM PDT by SMARTY ("Nearly all men can stand adversity...to test a man's character, give him power." A. Lincoln)
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