May be doing a better job than CNN ... the leaps and bounds the talent is taking are an embarassment to journalism (and does this whole thing remind anyone else of one of Conan O'Brien's car chases?)
Rich --- On Thu, 10/15/09, Terry Knab <[email protected]> wrote: From: Terry Knab <[email protected]> Subject: RE: [BREAKING] Up Up and Away To: [email protected] Date: Thursday, October 15, 2009, 12:32 PM What’s even scarier? The Weather Channel is all over this! From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Glenda Collins Sent: Thursday, October 15, 2009 2:23 PM To: [email protected] 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 <[email protected]> To: [email protected] 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, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: From: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [BREAKING] Up Up and Away To: [email protected] 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, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > From: [email protected] <[email protected]> > Subject: [BREAKING] Up Up and Away > To: [email protected] > 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 [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/wnndl?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
