Apparently the kid's dad is a "weather chaser." Crackpot is probably more like it. I heard someone in the office say they'd heard the mom and dad were also once on "Wife Swap." gahhhh....
--Deb --- On Thu, 10/15/09, Terry Knab <te...@knab.org> wrote: > From: Terry Knab <te...@knab.org> > Subject: RE: [BREAKING] Up Up and Away > To: wnndl@googlegroups.com > Date: Thursday, October 15, 2009, 12:32 PM > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
