Editing Lake Travis (section)

=== September 2020 boat sinkings ===
On September 5, 2020, a boat parade took place in support of [[Donald Trump]]. The Travis County Sheriff's office reported that they had received multiple calls involving boats in distress, and that several boats had sunk.<ref>{{cite web|date=5 September 2020|title=Multiple boats sink during Trump Boat Parade on Lake Travis|url=https://cbsaustin.com/news/local/multiple-boats-in-distress-sinking-at-trump-boat-parade-on-lake-travis|access-date=5 September 2020|publisher=CBS Austin}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2020-09-06 |title=Lake Travis: Several boats sink at pro-Trump parade in Texas |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/election-us-2020-54045115 |access-date=2024-10-18 |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Murphy |first=Paul P. |date=2020-09-07 |title=The wake of other boats in a pro-Trump parade in Texas caused 5 boats to sink, sheriff’s office says |url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/07/us/trump-boat-parade-sink-trnd/index.html |access-date=2024-10-18 |website=CNN |language=en}}</ref> The weather was calm, but the boats generated significant [[Wake (physics)|wake]] as they began to move together, which subsequently sank at least five boats.<ref>{{Cite web|title=5 boats sink at Trump boat parade on Texas' Lake Travis|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-boat-parade-lake-travis-several-boats-sink/|access-date=2020-09-08|website=www.cbsnews.com|language=en-US}}</ref> The hashtag #dumbkirk trended on Twitter following the incident.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.statesman.com/story/news/local/2020/09/06/lsquowersquore-gonna-need-bigger-votersquo-how-dumbkirk-swamped-internet/113871696/|title = 'We're gonna need a bigger vote': How #Dumbkirk swamped the internet}}</ref>