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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhere do you think the blimp will come down?
MSNBC says there is a remote controlled valve to let the helium out.
Blimp escaped from Aberdeen (MD) Proving Ground.
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Where do you think the blimp will come down? (Original Post)
GreatCaesarsGhost
Oct 2015
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chknltl
(10,558 posts)1. At the Republican debate tonight of course!
Nope, not gonna take this any further....wouldn't be prudent.
valerief
(53,235 posts)2. Just what it needs. MORE hot air. nt
HassleCat
(6,409 posts)3. It will not come down
It will circle the globe forever, mysteriously appearing with ghostly crew members calling for help.
randome
(34,845 posts)8. And thus a new Internet meme is born!
Captained by Slenderman, perhaps?
[hr][font color="blue"][center]You should never stop having childhood dreams.[/center][/font][hr]
underpants
(182,626 posts)4. New Jersey
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)14. Lakewood, to be precise.
Oh, the hugh manatee!!1!!!11!!1!!
redwitch
(14,941 posts)5. I have a feeling this whole thread is going to be full of DUZY.
GreatCaesarsGhost
(8,584 posts)6. MSNBC now says blimp is descending in PA (Columbia county)
They also report that release valve only works when it is tethered.
chknltl
(10,558 posts)7. Somewhere over the rainbow?
GreatCaesarsGhost
(8,584 posts)9. MSNBC says cable is dragging along the ground causing power outages
GreatCaesarsGhost
(8,584 posts)10. MSNBC - Eyewitness at school says it's about 200-300 ft above ground
dragging one mile in length cable. School has lost power.
Warpy
(111,163 posts)12. Some local hunter will likely shoot it down, then,
if the Air Force doesn't shoot it first.
The real danger is to power lines. It gets near any major transmission lines, down it will go. At this point, I think they're trying to figure out how to bring it down while salvaging as much of the helium as possible.
GreatCaesarsGhost
(8,584 posts)11. MSNBC - 10,000 people without power in county.
edit: 24,000 now.
NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)13. Another blimp has been deployed to find the original blimp