What's even scarier? The Weather Channel is all over this!
From: wnndl@googlegroups.com [mailto:wn...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Glenda Collins Sent: Thursday, October 15, 2009 2:23 PM To: wnndl@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [BREAKING] Up Up and Away And they say I'm a dreamer but not the only one! Must have their heads in a cloud. _____ From: Richard de Give <rduhg...@yahoo.com> To: wnndl@googlegroups.com Sent: Thu, October 15, 2009 12:15:31 PM Subject: Re: [BREAKING] Up Up and Away I was thinking a pan of Jiffy-Pop popcorn myself ... ah, memories of the 60s. Rich --- On Thu, 10/15/09, satrn...@sbcglobal.net <satrn...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: From: satrn...@sbcglobal.net <satrn...@sbcglobal.net> Subject: Re: [BREAKING] Up Up and Away To: wnndl@googlegroups.com Date: Thursday, October 15, 2009, 12:12 PM Video link here: http://www.thedenverchannel.com/video/18205848/index.html Requires Windows media player. Damn, this thing looks like something out of Lost In Space! When I was a kid, we only talked about lashing a bunch of helium party balloons together to try to fly. Damnnnnn --Deb --- On Thu, 10/15/09, satrn...@sbcglobal.net <satrn...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > From: satrn...@sbcglobal.net <satrn...@sbcglobal.net> > Subject: [BREAKING] Up Up and Away > To: wnndl@googlegroups.com > Date: Thursday, October 15, 2009, 12:02 PM > > Man, this kid's father better be in the running for Bad Dad > 2009. > But in all seriousness, I sure hope this kid gets down OK. > ---Deb > > > FORT COLLINS, Colo. -- A 6-year-old boy is floating over > northeastern Colorado in a homebuilt balloon and authorities > are racing to try and rescue him. > > The balloon, in the shape of a flying saucer is covered in > foil and filled with helium. It has a compartment for a > passenger underneath. It lifted the boy into the air near > Fort Collins Thursday morning after the balloon became > untethered at the boy's home. > > The father and son had apparently been working on the > aircraft for some time. > > Fort Collins police and other authorities have been alerted > and Airtracker 7 has launched in an effort to locate the > boy. > > Airtracker 7 located the craft at 12:35 p.m. at about 8,000 > feet in Weld County. It appeared to be slightly tilted. > > Skies in the area are partly cloudy and southwest wind > speeds are 15 to 20 miles per hour. > > "It is believed the device could rise to 10,000 feet," said > Eloise Campanella, Larimer County Sheriff's Officer > spokeswoman. > > "The structure at the bottom of the balloon that the boy is > in is made of extremely thin plywood and won't withstand any > kind of a crash at all," said Erik Nilsson, Larimer County > Emergency Manager. > > Deputies from Larimer and Weld counties are tracking the > balloon as it drifts. > > FAA spokesman Mike Fergus said the agency has been notified > and it was unclear whether traffic controllers had picked it > up on radar. > > The balloon may drift into air traffic control corridors > used by Denver International Airport, based on its current > location and direction. > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "World News Now Discussion List" group. To post to this group, send email to wnndl@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to wnndl+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/wnndl?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
