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07-20-2018, 11:48 AM | #2 | |
Wasted away again...
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Does anyone know how long those tours usually are? I assume they are at least an hour. |
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07-20-2018, 12:00 PM | #3 | |
Rufus Dawes Jr.
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07-20-2018, 12:09 PM | #4 | |
In Search of a Life
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07-20-2018, 12:28 PM | #5 | |
Rufus Dawes Jr.
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I figures I'd need like 3 to get my large ass to float. My wife and I are really aware people. We always check everything out, hech my wife is always packing and has turnicates and shit, its weird, a little too serious sfor me to be honest. Now the one we were on didn't have plexiglass sides so if shit hit the fan I would have been out the window and either get to the branson belle or the little island they go around out in the water. Had I been out on that thing I would have been communicating with the driver and captain in that situation. I'd be shocked if those people didn't have the life vests on. I think the main issue is that they couldn't get out. And if you did you are going to be pushed near a giant paddelwheeler. |
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07-20-2018, 12:36 PM | #6 | |
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Sounds like those vest were the bare minimum and did not help much in those terrible conditions. I did not realize they had no way to exit the boats. I thought they were open-air windows? |
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07-21-2018, 03:05 AM | #7 | |
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07-21-2018, 09:16 AM | #8 |
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Depends on the people. Their age, their physical stamina, their swimming ability, and their ability to avoid the freeze part of flight, fight, or freeze while in a crisis. Generally speaking, it would be a better option to have a removable roof to avoid the trapping effect that occurs with these "boats". On this particular vessel, there were a bunch of elderly, very young, and African Americans who historically have a higher chance of being poor swimmers(and anybody can **** off with any racism claims, look it up). Very likely most who died may have died anyway.
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07-20-2018, 12:32 PM | #9 | |
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07-20-2018, 01:05 PM | #10 | |
remember, remember
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I will say, having been on one of the boats, they do offer you life vests but nobody puts them on... and table rock lake doesn't get that rough that often in my experience... that said, no way should they have let them on the water. poster before was correct, it's like an hour total for a duck ride |
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07-20-2018, 01:44 PM | #11 | |
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