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Happyhippychick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 01:42 PM Original message |
Scary! Little boy is trapped in a hot air balloon alone traveling over Colorado |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 01:43 PM Response to Original message |
1. My brain can't process what I'm seeing |
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wndycty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 01:43 PM Response to Original message |
2. How fast is that thing moving? |
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NYC_SKP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 02:00 PM Response to Reply #2 |
60. Because the helicopter is moving, the balloon looks like it's flying at 200 mph. |
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Walk away (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 02:04 PM Response to Reply #2 |
78. 15 mph |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 01:43 PM Response to Original message |
3. I don't think the media should be covering that |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 01:44 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Yeah...that may not end well. |
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arcadian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 01:44 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. What? in case the thing plummets to the ground? |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 01:43 PM Response to Original message |
4. Now how does THAT happen? Did everyone else fall out? |
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Happyhippychick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 01:44 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. He was the only one in there. He snuck in and untethered it. |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 01:44 PM Response to Reply #4 |
9. 6 year old climbed into it and activated it |
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joeybee12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 01:44 PM Response to Reply #4 |
10. A six year old boy untied it! It was his family's! |
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Happyhippychick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 01:45 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Yes, it belongs to his parents. I think they were building it. |
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joeybee12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 01:51 PM Response to Reply #11 |
26. I pray there is a happy ending, but I can't help but be mad at these |
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Happyhippychick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 01:43 PM Response to Original message |
5. I can't stop crying. I am so sorry for that little boy and those parents. |
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rvablue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 01:46 PM Response to Reply #5 |
14. The speed of the thing and it's bobbing up and down!!! |
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rvablue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 01:47 PM Original message |
MSNBC just reported that the father put the kid in it!!!!!! |
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Happyhippychick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 01:48 PM Response to Original message |
18. Shit are you serious? WTF is wrong with people?!? |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 01:49 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. Unbelievable. |
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rvablue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 01:50 PM Response to Reply #18 |
24. Dunno.....just dunno...... |
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asdjrocky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 01:54 PM Response to Reply #18 |
36. Yep, I heard the same thing. |
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snagglepuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 01:55 PM Response to Original message |
41. OMG. that leaves me speechless. nt |
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Shell Beau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 02:07 PM Response to Original message |
92. I heard the mother said she hoped he was just hiding somewhere |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 02:17 PM Response to Original message |
125. update...the kid climbed in while parents in house according to local police |
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rvablue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 02:20 PM Response to Reply #125 |
139. The balloon didn't fill itself with helium, though. n/t |
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Ganja Ninja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 01:46 PM Response to Original message |
12. This sounds like a movie plot. |
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GoCubsGo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 01:46 PM Response to Original message |
13. I hope that they get him down safely. |
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CRF450 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 01:46 PM Response to Original message |
15. HOLY SHIT! |
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Skip Intro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 01:47 PM Response to Original message |
16. Seems like a helicopter could hover just above it and someone could climb down on a rope or ladder. |
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rvablue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 01:49 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. The speed it's going is beyond the capability of intercepting it with a helicopter |
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A HERETIC I AM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 01:53 PM Original message |
The video you are watching makes it look like it is hauling ass, but it is only moving as fast as |
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safeinOhio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 02:13 PM Response to Reply #19 |
111. get the closest Goodyear Blimp. |
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A HERETIC I AM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 02:19 PM Response to Reply #111 |
135. How would you suppose a Blimp would effect a rescue? n/t |
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Parker CA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 01:49 PM Response to Reply #16 |
21. They said the vacuum from the helicopter would shred the balloon. Scary stuff, wow. |
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Parker CA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 01:53 PM Response to Reply #16 |
34. MSNBC now saying national guard is launching a helicopter. |
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951-Riverside (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 02:02 PM Response to Reply #16 |
68. You can't be serious |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 01:47 PM Response to Original message |
17. ! |
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asdjrocky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 01:50 PM Response to Original message |
22. Can't watch and I can't look away. |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 01:54 PM Response to Reply #22 |
39. Same here. nt |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 01:50 PM Response to Original message |
23. Maybe another balloon could be launched to catch up with it? |
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rvablue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 01:52 PM Response to Reply #23 |
28. Are you watching it or not..... |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 01:53 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. No--not near a TV. Just wondering what else could be used |
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snagglepuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 02:05 PM Response to Reply #28 |
80. See picture (link) of the homemade flying saucer shaped object. |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 01:54 PM Response to Reply #23 |
38. No way to steer a balloon. You need a blimp. |
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Parker CA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 01:51 PM Response to Original message |
25. They need to intercept it with a huge net hung from two or three helicopters. |
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rvablue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 01:53 PM Response to Reply #25 |
32. I was thinking the same thing.....it's in Colorado |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 01:54 PM Response to Reply #25 |
37. would that work? |
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Parker CA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 01:57 PM Response to Reply #37 |
50. I don't know, but it's the first thing that came to my mind as a potential option. |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 01:52 PM Response to Original message |
27. Being the grandma of a seven-year-old, |
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mikelgb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 01:52 PM Response to Original message |
29. msnbc.com streaming |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 01:53 PM Response to Original message |
31. I think it was a bad idea to allow this kid to go up there. |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 01:57 PM Response to Reply #31 |
49. It wasn't planned! Family building the thing at home; |
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rvablue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 01:59 PM Response to Reply #49 |
55. Not what I just heard |
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Shell Beau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 02:07 PM Response to Reply #55 |
94. May not be true. Let's hope not. |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 02:24 PM Response to Reply #55 |
150. Missed that, listening to MSNBC too. |
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rvablue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 01:53 PM Response to Original message |
33. U.S. National Guard launching helicopter. n/t |
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Cali_Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 01:54 PM Response to Original message |
35. Please give updates for the cube rats |
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rvablue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 01:56 PM Response to Reply #35 |
45. A thread in LBN says that local law enforcement is searching the ground near family's |
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renate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 01:59 PM Response to Reply #45 |
57. ew..... |
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Cali_Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 02:01 PM Response to Reply #45 |
61. Oh my |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 01:57 PM Response to Reply #35 |
47. The craft is shaped to look like a flying saucer. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 02:02 PM Response to Reply #47 |
65. Commentators now reminding viewers it is not a flying saucer. |
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Cali_Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 02:09 PM Response to Reply #65 |
101. I hope nobody shoots at it thinking it's from another planet. n/t |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 02:18 PM Response to Reply #101 |
131. Well, it is Colorado. |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 02:33 PM Response to Reply #131 |
170. I had some very bizarre |
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sabra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 01:55 PM Response to Original message |
40. KUSA stream: seems like they've lost the aircraft? |
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Happyhippychick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 01:56 PM Response to Reply #40 |
42. I can see it on MSNBC |
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sabra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 01:56 PM Response to Reply #42 |
44. phew - scary |
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blogslut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 01:56 PM Response to Original message |
43. That poor little boy |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 01:57 PM Response to Original message |
46. I just went out with binoculars... |
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asdjrocky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 01:58 PM Response to Reply #46 |
51. He's up there a ways now. |
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donco6 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 02:01 PM Response to Reply #51 |
63. Between 8 and 9000 feet. |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 02:02 PM Response to Reply #63 |
69. Well...the mountains might stop him then, if he's headed that way. |
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donco6 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 02:04 PM Response to Reply #69 |
73. No he's heading SE |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 02:05 PM Response to Reply #73 |
81. Oh. Not much to hit there, at least. |
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woodsprite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 02:04 PM Response to Reply #63 |
76. They said it has the capacity to fly to 10K feet. |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 02:06 PM Response to Reply #76 |
86. Yes. There are plenty of places in CO above 10,000 feet. |
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donco6 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 02:09 PM Response to Reply #76 |
99. You can still breathe OK at 10K. |
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Richard D (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 02:13 PM Response to Reply #99 |
110. I've hiked to 15K. |
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donco6 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 02:15 PM Response to Reply #110 |
120. A lot of people have trouble up there. |
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Happyhippychick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 01:57 PM Response to Original message |
48. I can't see it now on MSNBC |
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rvablue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 01:58 PM Response to Original message |
52. C'mon DU....lot of smart folks out there.....FAA looking for any and all good ideas |
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Happyhippychick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 01:59 PM Response to Reply #52 |
54. A large net is the best idea I think. But how to do it so high? |
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A HERETIC I AM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 02:03 PM Response to Reply #52 |
70. Hover a helicopter above it and use the rotor downwash to force it lower. |
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haele (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 02:05 PM Response to Reply #52 |
79. Paragliders? |
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safeinOhio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 02:15 PM Response to Reply #52 |
119. BLIMP only way to get close and follow |
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Xicano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 03:48 PM Response to Reply #52 |
238. Helicopter up a special forces sky diver and have him attempt to fly to the boy on a parachute. |
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Skidmore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 01:58 PM Response to Original message |
53. What kind of media do we have that will broadcast this? |
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KansDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 02:06 PM Response to Reply #53 |
91. And idiots as well... |
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951-Riverside (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 02:11 PM Response to Reply #53 |
103. They're broadcasting because people like you watch it n/t |
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ronnykmarshall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 01:59 PM Response to Original message |
56. They cut into the local news here as well. |
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rvablue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 02:04 PM Response to Reply #56 |
74. While I usually don't like things like this broadcast live, in this case I feel |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 02:00 PM Response to Original message |
58. If there are other balloons in the path... |
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RedCloud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 02:02 PM Response to Reply #58 |
66. By Jove! that's the solution. get another balloon or two up there! |
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Parker CA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 02:03 PM Response to Reply #66 |
72. They said it's flying too fast to catch it. Helicopters hopefully can be a part of a solution. |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 02:05 PM Response to Reply #66 |
85. Balloons travel at the speed of the wind. |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 02:27 PM Response to Reply #66 |
158. Sorry.. |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 02:00 PM Response to Original message |
59. Can't imagine vehicle that could catch it. |
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RedCloud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 02:01 PM Response to Original message |
62. Homefront says it is over 7,000 feet up now. |
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eShirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 02:05 PM Response to Reply #62 |
82. I hope it doesn't get too cold for him at that altitude |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 02:07 PM Response to Reply #82 |
93. It almost certainly is; I heard it was at 8500 ft at one point. |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 02:01 PM Response to Original message |
64. OK. I was just watching on MSNBC online. |
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snagglepuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 02:02 PM Response to Original message |
67. Here picture of the "homemade flying saucer" connected to a large helium balloon |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 02:04 PM Response to Reply #67 |
77. No--unless you fall unconscious when you drive over Colorado's |
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donco6 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 02:03 PM Response to Original message |
71. Approaching DIA now. |
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mikelgb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 02:04 PM Response to Original message |
75. crazy |
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Shell Beau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 02:05 PM Response to Original message |
83. That scares me so bad for that little boy. |
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Blue-Jay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 02:05 PM Response to Original message |
84. Whoa! |
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seafan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 02:06 PM Response to Original message |
87. Someone will have to parachute down, if already not too high, to get control of it. |
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Parker CA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 02:08 PM Response to Reply #87 |
97. There are already two long lines trailing it. Maybe someone could skydive down and somehow |
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seafan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 02:17 PM Response to Reply #97 |
124. Just a couple of nights ago I saw a TV program on "the bird men" jumping off cliffs in Norway. |
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rvablue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 02:21 PM Response to Reply #124 |
141. Undoubtedly there are some local brave souls |
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Parker CA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 02:22 PM Response to Reply #124 |
143. Exactly what I was envisioning. Much easier said than done though, I'm sure. |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 02:34 PM Response to Reply #87 |
172. Bingo! A sky diver! |
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SIMPLYB1980 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 02:06 PM Response to Original message |
88. I hope this ends well. nt |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 02:06 PM Response to Original message |
89. I think the most important thing is to make sure he stays calm. |
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Shell Beau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 02:08 PM Response to Reply #89 |
96. How? |
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donco6 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 02:06 PM Response to Original message |
90. Falcon Heene |
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vanlassie (826 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 02:08 PM Response to Reply #90 |
98. Are you kidding? His name is FALCON? |
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donco6 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 02:09 PM Response to Reply #98 |
102. honest - just heard it. n/t |
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Blue Diadem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 02:11 PM Response to Reply #90 |
104. There was a heene family from Colorado on wife swap, with a child named Falcon. |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 02:13 PM Response to Reply #104 |
107. Get out! That has to be them! |
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soleft (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 02:13 PM Response to Reply #104 |
109. I would think that would have to be him - |
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rvablue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 02:14 PM Response to Reply #104 |
112. Miami and Richard Hangey ---- parent's names. n/t |
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brendan120678 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 02:17 PM Response to Reply #112 |
123. Mayumi, not Miami... |
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Blue Diadem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 02:19 PM Response to Reply #112 |
133. Mayumi and Richard Heene(prounced hainey) |
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rvablue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 02:22 PM Response to Reply #133 |
145. Little doubt about that now. Thanks for the correction. Was just jotting it phonetically. n/t |
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wicket (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 02:15 PM Response to Reply #104 |
117. Jaw on the floor here |
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Walk away (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 02:24 PM Response to Reply #104 |
152. This guy seems to think it's OK to risk his family anyway... |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 02:28 PM Response to Reply #152 |
159. Bet they wish their kids had just been in school today. School keeps kids |
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renate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 02:26 PM Response to Reply #104 |
155. Oh. My. God. Did you read about the family they swapped with? |
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seafan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 03:01 PM Response to Reply #104 |
225. This is just now confirmed on msnbc. n/t |
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RedCloud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 03:06 PM Response to Reply #104 |
229. Ironically other family quoted as "never letting kids out of sight" |
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amerikat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 02:08 PM Response to Original message |
95. BB gun? |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 02:09 PM Response to Reply #95 |
100. I was thinking a catapult filled with staplers. |
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Parker CA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 02:12 PM Response to Reply #95 |
105. They mentioned that on MSNBC, but didn't say much more. |
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liberal N proud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 02:13 PM Response to Original message |
106. Live feed KTLA |
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Drunken Irishman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 02:13 PM Response to Original message |
108. They're saying little boy could have fallen out. |
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jeffrey_X (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 02:14 PM Response to Reply #108 |
114. fuck...that is horrible |
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Parker CA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 02:16 PM Response to Reply #108 |
121. MSNBC showing the press conference just said they know he's in the basket, but that |
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Drunken Irishman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 02:18 PM Response to Reply #121 |
132. This whole thing doesn't make sense... |
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Parker CA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 02:24 PM Response to Reply #132 |
151. No clue. Dad is a storm chaser. It was tethered in the backyard and somehow the kid |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 02:14 PM Response to Original message |
113. They need people on the ground....a crowd to follow it. |
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vadawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 02:18 PM Response to Reply #113 |
127. i thought it was at 8000ft????? |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 02:19 PM Response to Reply #127 |
134. When it comes down... |
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vadawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 02:22 PM Response to Reply #134 |
144. okay i had wierd visions for a bit there..... |
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donco6 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 02:14 PM Response to Original message |
115. Nat'l Guard working on a plan. |
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Brother Buzz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 02:14 PM Original message |
Larry Walters, nicknamed "Lawnchair Larry" suggests, "BB Gun". |
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azmouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 02:14 PM Response to Original message |
116. The news is saying the compartment containing the boy isn't attached very well. |
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sabra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 02:15 PM Response to Original message |
118. Police saying he's in a little basket that wasn't even intended for some one to be in |
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Cass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 02:16 PM Response to Original message |
122. Police officer on MSNBC says the compartment is not attached to balloon very well. |
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City Lights (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 02:17 PM Response to Original message |
126. I cannot believe what I'm seeing. |
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Walk away (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 02:18 PM Response to Original message |
128. They just reported on MSNBC that the compartment the boy is in... |
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azmouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 02:18 PM Response to Original message |
129. It looks like some of the balloon is deflating. |
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Cali_Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 02:20 PM Response to Reply #129 |
138. That's a good thing? Right? |
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azmouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 02:21 PM Response to Reply #138 |
140. It's really scary looking because the balloon is tipping on its side. |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 02:23 PM Response to Reply #140 |
148. Guy on CNN said the way it's tilted makes him think that nobody is aboard |
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azmouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 02:27 PM Response to Reply #148 |
156. It's tilted from the loss of helium in one part of the balloon. |
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gkhouston (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 02:30 PM Response to Reply #148 |
164. 6 year olds don't weigh much. That's a big balloon. n/t |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 02:29 PM Response to Reply #129 |
161. Hope it's not venting helium into the passenger compartment...nt |
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azmouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 02:30 PM Response to Reply #161 |
162. There is probably plenty of air moving through the small compartment. |
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rvablue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 02:18 PM Response to Original message |
130. Oh dear lord....one side is really losing helium......!!!!!!!!!! n/t |
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BlueIris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 02:19 PM Response to Original message |
136. Possibly the most insane story I can remember in some time. Good luck to little Falcon. nt |
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rvablue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 02:19 PM Response to Original message |
137. Expert says sun warms the helium and makes balloon rise..... n/t |
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A HERETIC I AM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 02:25 PM Response to Reply #137 |
153. That 6th grade bit of science to an "expert" to relay? |
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Libertas1776 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 02:21 PM Response to Original message |
142. Part of the craft |
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Drunken Irishman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 02:23 PM Response to Original message |
146. Guy on CNN (balloon expert) says tilting of balloon might suggest no one inside the basket. |
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G_j (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 02:23 PM Response to Original message |
147. scary, ( I hate those banners at the bottom the screen)..nt |
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kid a (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 02:23 PM Response to Original message |
149. Per CNN...boy may not be in balloon, may have fallen out before lift off |
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renate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 02:29 PM Response to Reply #149 |
160. it doesn't look like a mylar balloon that has anything in it |
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ronnykmarshall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 02:33 PM Response to Reply #149 |
167. Where is he then? |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 02:25 PM Response to Original message |
154. Judging from the present temperature right now... |
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Cass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 02:27 PM Response to Reply #154 |
157. MSNBC says boy moving around in the basket could cause it to tip like this. |
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Drunken Irishman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 02:30 PM Response to Original message |
163. Balloon may have landed...emergency crews on the scene. |
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Drunken Irishman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 02:31 PM Response to Reply #163 |
165. But it didn't...still up there... |
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rvablue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 02:33 PM Response to Reply #163 |
168. MSNBC switched to local affiliate. It's still in the air but now only at 500 ft. n/t |
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jeffbr (377 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 02:32 PM Response to Original message |
166. Let the helium leak out _slowly_ and follow it |
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Parker CA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 02:33 PM Response to Original message |
169. Balloon is now only 500 feet above the ground. Oh man. |
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rvablue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 02:33 PM Response to Original message |
171. Family built research gallery to extraterrestials |
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renate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 02:34 PM Response to Original message |
173. just occurred to me... this thing looks totally sealed |
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Beaverhausen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 02:35 PM Response to Reply #173 |
175. someone on MSNBC wondered if the boy is breathing helium |
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snagglepuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 02:35 PM Response to Original message |
174. Ballon expert says says the little boy inside might not be uncomfortable at all. |
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Walk away (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 02:36 PM Response to Reply #174 |
180. It's down! |
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jeffbr (377 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 02:38 PM Response to Reply #174 |
184. Cops are stabbing it like a beast |
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rvablue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 02:36 PM Response to Original message |
176. Landed! Tamron Hall said landing seemed soft. Gentle descent described |
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Parker CA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 02:36 PM Response to Original message |
177. Wow. Soft landing in a field. Tons of people on the scene. Hopefully he's in there and okay! |
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Parker CA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 02:37 PM Response to Reply #177 |
182. Where's the kid??? People all around, but no kid so far. WTF?? |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 02:36 PM Response to Original message |
178. It's down softly...nt |
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Cass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 02:36 PM Response to Original message |
179. He landed!! |
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ronnykmarshall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 02:38 PM Response to Reply #179 |
183. But is he in there? |
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Cass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 02:40 PM Response to Reply #183 |
194. Oh no ! they say compartment is empty. |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 09:44 AM Response to Reply #194 |
248. OMG |
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rvablue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 02:37 PM Response to Original message |
181. What's with the shovels? n/t |
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SallyMander (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 02:38 PM Response to Reply #181 |
185. Yeah, what's going on?? And where is he? nt |
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ronnykmarshall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 02:39 PM Response to Reply #185 |
187. He's not in there. |
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brendan120678 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 02:39 PM Response to Reply #185 |
190. Not in there, apparently. (nt) |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 02:39 PM Response to Reply #181 |
186. They're covering it with dirt so it won't lift off again. |
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snagglepuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 02:40 PM Response to Reply #186 |
195. Why not puncture it? Americans shoot at everything else why not a balloon? |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 04:18 PM Response to Reply #195 |
249. Shoot it with what? |
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Parker CA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 02:40 PM Response to Reply #181 |
191. It's looking like the kid isn't in the balloon. Very odd. Reporting kid NOT IN the balloon. ??? |
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rvablue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 02:39 PM Response to Original message |
188. Doesnt' look like the kid is in the balloon. They seem to be tossing it around. |
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cbdo2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 02:39 PM Response to Original message |
189. DARN KIDS!!! |
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City of Mills (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 02:40 PM Response to Original message |
192. Weird, don't think he's in there |
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Parker CA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 02:41 PM Response to Reply #192 |
198. Hopefully this is a horribly thought out hoax and the child didn't fall out somewhere. |
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brendan120678 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 02:42 PM Response to Reply #192 |
201. Maybe he ran and hid after accidentally setting the balloon free? |
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BlueIris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 02:40 PM Response to Original message |
193. Not looking good that he's in there. |
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cbdo2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 02:41 PM Response to Reply #193 |
197. He probably entered a wormhole somewhere...He could be to Vega by now! |
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BlueIris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 02:42 PM Response to Reply #197 |
203. Cute. |
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snagglepuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 02:47 PM Response to Reply #203 |
209. Exactly. Making light of this potentially tragic situation is contemptible. nt |
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Drunken Irishman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 02:48 PM Response to Reply #209 |
213. Or maybe it's people's way of coping with scary events... |
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cbdo2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 03:40 PM Response to Reply #203 |
234. Come on...it's no worse than all of the other speculation being posted. |
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rvablue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 02:40 PM Response to Original message |
196. Photog at scene: Nobody inside the balloon. |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 02:41 PM Response to Reply #196 |
200. Maybe the kid accidentally set it loose |
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rvablue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 02:43 PM Response to Reply #200 |
206. One can only hope. They said on TV they are now searching the neighborhood. n/t |
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RedCloud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 02:50 PM Original message |
maybe he ran off chasing it? |
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snagglepuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 02:48 PM Response to Reply #200 |
211. That seems very possible. I hope your right. nt |
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snagglepuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 02:44 PM Response to Reply #196 |
207. If its for publicity, I hope they're either imprisoned or fined up the wazoo. |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 02:41 PM Response to Original message |
199. No child in the balloon...nt |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 02:42 PM Response to Reply #199 |
204. he either fell out or the media got rickrolled! i hope he didn't fall out. |
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ohheckyeah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 02:42 PM Response to Original message |
202. Police said no one is inside the balloon. n/t |
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Drunken Irishman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 02:43 PM Response to Original message |
205. Obviously this was a time machine... |
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snagglepuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 02:45 PM Response to Reply #205 |
208. Not funny, A child could be dead. nt |
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Drunken Irishman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 02:47 PM Response to Reply #208 |
210. Or in 13th Century China... |
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brendan120678 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 02:51 PM Response to Reply #210 |
215. LOL...although China in the 1200's wasn't that great a place... |
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rvablue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 02:48 PM Response to Original message |
212. KICKING as I don't understand why others need to start new threads. |
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seafan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 02:50 PM Response to Original message |
214. Is this a possible prank? Just heard that this child's brother is who stated that Falcon got in it. |
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joeybee12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 02:52 PM Response to Reply #214 |
216. I pray the kid released it, got scared, and ran and hid when he realized |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 02:52 PM Response to Reply #214 |
217. I can't imagine it being a prank. |
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Drunken Irishman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 02:53 PM Response to Reply #214 |
218. I think the boy let the balloon loose and panicked... |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 02:57 PM Response to Reply #214 |
223. Officials say the bottom of the balloon was not breached |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 03:07 PM Response to Reply #223 |
230. Possibly covering up.. |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 03:09 PM Response to Reply #230 |
231. I thought about that possibility too nt |
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City Lights (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 02:58 PM Response to Reply #214 |
224. I heard earlier that the cops searched the house looking for boy in case the |
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seafan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 03:05 PM Response to Reply #214 |
228. 3 brothers--~10, ~8; Falcon is 6. Brothers could not tell investigators what Falcon was wearing. |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 02:53 PM Response to Original message |
219. They haven't found the kid? |
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rvablue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 02:53 PM Response to Reply #219 |
220. NOPE. n/t |
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Drunken Irishman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 02:54 PM Response to Reply #219 |
221. No and no. |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 02:54 PM Response to Reply #219 |
222. It seems that aliens snatched him when he was at 10,000 feet. |
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woodsprite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 03:03 PM Response to Original message |
226. OK - I've been in/out of this thread. Did this last just long |
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brendan120678 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 03:12 PM Response to Reply #226 |
232. My dad liked to experiment and tinker with tools and electronics, and I know... |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 03:04 PM Response to Original message |
227. Wow, a great landing and then no child. I hope the kids were just kidding... |
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rvablue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 03:22 PM Response to Original message |
233. NEIGHBOR: Mother distraught and father in a panic after balloon launched |
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Parker CA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 03:42 PM Response to Reply #233 |
235. Apparently a box-shaped piece was attached to the bottom that is no longer there. |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 03:45 PM Response to Reply #235 |
237. This sounds like it is going to end very badly. :^( |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 06:15 PM Response to Reply #233 |
247. You're right. It couldn't possibly be a hoax |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 03:44 PM Response to Original message |
236. family says there was a 2nd compartment that is missing......ugh |
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JBoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 03:50 PM Response to Original message |
239. CNN reporting boy climbed into a box attached to the bottom of the balloon. |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 03:57 PM Response to Original message |
240. Surreal.. |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 05:34 AM Response to Original message |
241. Did they ever find the poor little boy? |
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JTFrog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 05:49 AM Response to Reply #241 |
242. Hiding in a box in the attic. |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 05:52 AM Response to Reply #242 |
244. I would go hide somewhere if I suffered through an ordeal like that |
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RichGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 05:50 AM Response to Original message |
243. IT WAS A HOAX |
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NYC_SKP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 09:36 PM Response to Original message |
245. IS HE STILL UP THERE???111!!! |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 07:13 AM Response to Reply #245 |
246. If I saw a crowd like that I sure as hell wouldn't come down |
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