Again, here is a video I took April 27 that appears to show workers sitting on the ground and picking at the peeling sealant on the bottom of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.
@Acyn Guys, I don’t know who needs to hear this, but if someone can jump into the reflecting pool undetected and use a box cutter to cut through 300 ft of rubber coating we were told would last half a century, our problems are much bigger than some f’ng algae.
“The Beast” is generally reported at about 20,000 pounds, roughly 10 tons. It probably weighed a bit more with tubby Trump strapped into his child seat. On May 7th, Trump and his entourage drove across the newly applied coating.
The failure is likely multifactorial, involving adhesion, surface prep, water chemistry, and material choice.
The physics (SCIENCE!!):
The 20,000 lb Presidential "Beast" means about 5,000 lb per tire if the weight is evenly distributed. If the tires are inflated like heavy-duty truck tires, the contact patch may only be around 45-65 square inches per tire, meaning a lot of force concentrated in small areas. The bigger issue is not just downward weight; it is tire shear: turning, braking, accelerating, and twisting rubber on a coating can tug at the surface. On a coating system, that can break weak adhesion points. Once water gets under a lifted edge, peeling can spread.
So an Antifa scuba diver with a box cutter snuck into the Reflecting Pond to cut a 300 foot section out while evading all cameras and law enforcement in order to sabotage Trump.
Do I have that right?