My God this is awful

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[link:http://www.ky3.com/content/news/Emergency-crews-work-incident-involving-amphibious-boat-on-Table-Rock-Lake-488679201.html|

I used to live down this way. So terrible.

[JoeOtterbein]

1. Really awful, 8 dead in storm more:

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.

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11. I really hope not

But I'm afraid there will be more

[cos dem]

2. Oh crap! I know someone vacationing there right now!

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4. I hope they are safe

[displacedtexan]

3. I've done those duck boat tours in several cities.

This is tragic.

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5. It really is

What I don't understand is that they were expecting storms. I don't know why they went out in the first place

[displacedtexan]

6. No idea, but didnt those boats help win wars?

I thougt they were incredibly safe.

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7. That I do not know.

But I do know growing up in the area it was a thing almost all school kids did at one point. Apparently patents thought they were safe or they would t let their kids go. So sad all around.

[greyl]

14. Sketchy safety record:

http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/09/17/duck.boat.safety/index.html

[Cracklin Charlie]

9. We are expecting storms a lot this time of year...like, pretty much every day this week.

Lots of people vacation there, and they didn’t go there to sit in a hotel room. This particular storm rolled through very quickly and featured 80 mph winds. They likely didn’t have time to react.

Tragic.

[WhiteTara]

13. No, there weren't storms predicted.

It was clear all afternoon and hot. Nothing out of the ordinary and then suddenly about 7:00 suddenly the sky got black and the wind really kicked up and rain pelted and all this was in about 1/2 hour and now it's totally calm again and no clouds.

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15. That's crazy!

I thought there were thunderstorm watches. Which i realize don't mean much until they are actually there.

[WhiteTara]

17. Maybe they put those up later in the day.

When I looked mid morning, all clear.

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18. Dang

I remember living there as a kid and thunderstorms could pop up all the time unexpectedly. So crazy

[WhiteTara]

8. Wow. That was such a squall that ran through

Really high winds--I was parked and my car started rocking back and forth! Rain poured down hard for about 10 minutes and then it was all over.

I can believe that it flipped the boat. The boat sinking is horrible. I know the Branson Belle captain and he must just be in shock from trying to save all those people and seeing it happen in front of him.

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10. I have friends in Springfield

That it got pretty scary for a few. Nothing like this though.

[JoeOtterbein]

12. Reminds of what happened in Baltimore:

When the accident occurred, rescuers from a Naval Reserve base at the fort and a Fire Department boat pulled 22 people from the water, including a 60-year-old woman who died. Officials were still waiting to release her identity yesterday.

The missing are 6-year old Daniel Benstrem, of Harrisonburg, Va., who was on an outing with his family, and Corinne J. Schillings, 26, of Homewood, Ill., and her fiance, Andrew M. Roccella, also 26, of Virginia.

[link:http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/bal-te.md.capsize08mar08-story.html|http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/bal-te.md.capsize08mar08-story.html
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16. Ugh