Texas, Too Many Boats On Lake In Honor Of Trump: “Made High Waves. Then They Sank”

AUSTIN – They had come with great fanfare to the parade in support of the President of the United States. Donald trump, with American flags blowing in the wind, Republican colors, and they packed Lake Travis. ORn man-made lake located along the Colorado River in Texas. Too many have arrived, too excited and too fast.

At least 4 ships sank in #DumbkirkA Trump boat parade on Lake Travis in Texas today?

So tell me, who exactly are the “fools” and the “losers”?pic.twitter.com/hsnpfbUrLI

– Lindy Li (@lindyli) September 5, 2020

They stirred the pale waters and generated artificial waves in the lake created dthe construction of the Mansfield Dam in 1942, west of Austin, by the Lower Colorado River Authority. The effect was what is obtained when a sphere filled with water is shaken to crash the boats inside: four sank, the others crashed against the rocks, local authorities said, adding that no one was injured. “It was not the wind,” he confirmed to New York Times, Aaron Treadway, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Austin, “the weather conditions in and around the lake would not have caused the ships to sink.” It was the number.

“It was really an exceptional number of boats,” he said. Kristen dark, a spokesman for the Travis County Sheriff, “many of the boats have sunk.” Lake Travis is a popular place for boating, fishing, swimming, and other recreational activities. The “Lake Travis Trump Boat Parade” was an expected event and had been called on Facebook. There were agents at the banks willing to check security. But the boats were “very many”.

My ship sank in Lake Travis pic.twitter.com/EOsLk7sA9L

– Brent Terhune (@BrentTerhune) September 5, 2020

“When they all started moving at the same time, they generated wakes. Some started to drink water, while others tried to get away, several capsized, it all happened. There were so many calls for help,” Dark said.

Apparently there was a makeshift boat parade on Lake Travis today with a bunch of boats goofing around and going too fast … and not just one, but ALL the boats are sinking and calling the police for help. pic.twitter.com/HHdKoKw5IJ

– Ky Krebs ???????? (@kykrebs) September 5, 2020

The event was organized and announced on Facebook, among others, also by Steve Salinas, 42 years. The request was for ships of “all shapes and sizes” to participate and for owners to decorate their ships in “patriotic colors and wave as many pro-Trump flags as possible.” On the social network, more than 2,500 people said they had attended the rally. Thumbs up. Salinas said the boat parade is “a way for Trump supporters to come out and express themselves without causing too much trouble or congesting the streets.” “Ships of all sizes arrived on Saturday,” he explained, “from 18-meter yachts to 2.5-meter boats. They all headed in the same direction, each with its own wake, accidents were likely to happen.” According to the event page, boaters had to take a walk around the lake, at 10 miles per hour.

Photos of the runaway lake have been posted on Twitter. Too many boats are seen and moving at the same time, “very close to each other,” Dark continued, adding that the number of those sunk and the number of people rescued by the officer is not yet final. Another parade, the nation’s capital Trumptilla Boat Parade and Rally, is scheduled for today on the Potomac River.