Maybe he did have the camping utensil and he used the knife to cut the tethers.
On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 3:51 PM, Jacob <[email protected]> wrote: > > Bet you the kid is hiding... he untied the ballon and thought he would get > in trouble for letting it go. > > There was two tie downs. Kind of hard to untie two tie downs and get in the > balloon that quick. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jacob [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, October 15, 2009 12:50 PM > To: cf-community > Subject: RE: Up, up and away! > > > So... now where is the child? > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ray Champagne [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, October 15, 2009 12:37 PM > To: cf-community > Subject: Re: Up, up and away! > > > Everyone needs to stop the panic. They are just shooting the next > Season of 24. Jack Bauer is on the case. > > On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 2:29 PM, Jerry Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> The best result would be a slow loss of helium, and a gradual touchdown. >> >> A bumping touchdown, even at 20-25mph, is very survivable. >> >> >> >> On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 3:26 PM, Jerry Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> no way i can see to GET to the "basket" from a line from above (the > entire >>> balloon is preventing that access) >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 3:24 PM, Ian Skinner <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> Jerry Johnson wrote: >>>> > helicopter from above, rappeller drops down, attaches ropes to > balloon, >>>> > helicopter downdrafts force it lower, rappeller on top lets air out, >>>> > helicopter slows and lowers balloon to ground. >>>> > >>>> > that is the best I can do so far. >>>> > >>>> >>>> I think I would improve on that with rappeller grabs boy and removes him >>>> from balloon and then the balloon can go its own way. If you could >>>> safely get close enough to the balloon. >>>> >>>> I suspect the danger is the boy even still in the balloon or did you do >>>> something fatal in a panic or does something in a panic at the moment of >>>> rescue. >>>> >>> >>> >> >> >> > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:305767 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
