This story about the capsizing of a duck boat in Missouri has been in the national news for the past few days. The accident resulted in numerous drowning deaths.
What baffles me is why the government needs a full year to investigate and determine what happened.
The investigation into the sinking of a duck boat that killed 17 people in southwestern Missouri — including nine from one family — could take up to a year to complete, the National Transportation Safety Board said.
The Ride the Ducks Branson amphibious tour boat had 31 aboard when it sank Thursday evening during an intense squall on Table Rock Lake near Branson. Fourteen survived, but the rest — ranging in age from 1 to 76 — perished.
Video recorded by a nearby witness shows huge waves — pushed by furious winds that had arrived ahead of the storm — crashing head-on into that boat and another duck boat just ahead of it. It’s unclear why the doomed boat took on water and sank while the other pushed on safely to shore.
Also unclear is what the boat’s two-person crew knew about the storm before it arrived. It had barreled toward that area for hours from northeastern Kansas, with a severe thunderstorm warning being issued for the Branson area about a half-hour before the boat sank.
This is not rocket science. There’s footage of what happened and numerous witnesses. Why the fuck do they need a full year to draw a conclusion?
It appears to have just been a combination of poor decision making and bad weather. The duck boat should have never been out on that lake considering the weather conditions. Plus the entire concept of a duck boat is bizarre and against nature itself. I don’t think I would ever willingly get on a duck boat because of those reasons.
But then we also have this.
The New York Times is reporting that Vladimir Putin sunk the duck boat as part of a Russian conspiracy and that Robert Mueller has issued indictments for Putin’s arrest. That makes perfect sense because Putin is at fault for every bad thing that ever happens in the world.
So yes, I stand corrected, the duck boat sinking is Putin’s fault. Case closed.
