How Releasing 1,500,000 Balloons Went Horribly Wrong - Balloonfest '86 

Millions of $s given to china (china balloons), which was used by their communists to fund social media and opposition parties to create riots and protests, attack the world with pandemic.

Awesome ❤❤❤

I'd volunteer for that! Anywhere in Tennessee, by chance?

Why wasn't Disney brought up as the Idea founder? Nearly as much gas&surely as many of their flattened 🎈lay next to those of the United Way(&they never doubled Disney's count

The top CEO at United Way makes millions a year. People in need don't see a penny of it.

I think you meant 'We' still are unless you're an alien you are included

lol😂😂😂

Plastics took lifetime to decompose by nature

@@malthaes5165 the plastic balloons?

@@malthaes5165 Not in TN I had a few containers outside and the sun here ate them up and degraded them in 3 years...don't believe everything you hear about plastic it degrades really fast

I think the same really

Plot twist they used the money from the people paying to get in for charity

Besides it was run by a charity they must of have

Add to the fiasco the amount of trash that ended up impacting wildlife who didn't know not to injest the material.

I found out recently too that helium is not renewable. And I just the video also mentions this-I can’t believe how much helium is wasted everyday

Me too

It still does. Probably unlikely to change.

Yep

Gaven Wu It still says it

Thanks, fixed!

Lol

Oh same!

Just cut it down to two million and you should be ok.

@@Cotronixco Lol

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Yeah anyone with a basic understanding of Fluid Dynamics and Meteorology should have forseen this.

yes.. just a simple think ' where do the balloons/materials go after the event.' maybe GOD blow that wind back to their town for reason.

We were so dumb in the 80s

@@Murphydoge Nothing changed since then. It's only getting worse...

@@jack_of_all_trades_master_none Justin, or you could just be about anybody.

Heheh “blows” heheh

ONLY IN OHIO

well since minds are being blown...google: Osborne Reef in Florida 😬😵‍💫🤯

I disagree. . for a person who have no idea. This has all needed info

I personally enjoy his voice, the way he describes things, and appreciate the detailed info. I guess some channels aren't for everyone... Luckily we can click off of it at anytime.

Some backstory is appreciated.....SOME.

So freaking true!

Can't tell if this is a dis or a compliment

Or to CEO's with ridiculous salaries!

Many times the festivities are covered through tax deductible donations of goods to be used for fund raising. So there are a lot that don't spend hardly anything on fundraising.

@Sailing Orca I'm sure the balloons and helium are made in China. I would not have given UW a red cent knowing dam well the waste those balloons created all over the surrounding areas, not to mention waterways where birds can get trapped by them.

Exactly. And United Way is the worst. Most of their money goes to pay their CEO and executives.

@@TubnQT Yes, a bunch of phonies if there ever was one.

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Wow

I was just gonna post that they could wreak havoc with plane and helicopter engines. HOW STUPID

so u believe no one who flew over ohio knew this was going down this day????

Wow.. they release them on purpose when late loved ones have a bday. It’s so stupid! Im sure your loved one would appreciate if you did something they actually enjoyed. Im sure letting balloons go in the air was not one of them 🙄 you do that shit for selfish reasons. You wanna watch that shit fly lmao. So ridiculous.

Or just . . . stop buying them. They're horrible things

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Yes..balloons are a pointless thing in existence... Balloon lives matter

@@joesmith7509 A waste of helium. Also a waste of life when fish and other wildlife try to eat the fallen balloons or ballon pieces with horrible consequences.

@@G_Robb To me, that's the worst side effect of this idiocy. Foresight is a rare virtue, then & now.

Even more - Millions of $s given to china, which was used by their communists to fund social media and opposition parties to create riots and protests, attack the world with pandemic.

U have more subs than me and don’t upload videos

I actually found one in a store today

@@Dentheman1995 could be any balloon

How many balloons have they found 🤔

Lmfao

You murdered a lot of people

You are crazy

Nobody will ever Like you

Someone found the balloon with your name. Then used it to smuggle heroin

It's all good till you releasing like 1g or a million balloons at once but 1 balloon is fine it be fun to see ware one balloon lands

this shit crazy son

But it was beautiful.. looked like a wave of disaster ♥

@@SaganJumJum omg wow so beautiful wow!!!

The injured horse has probably been killed...

Saved me over 10 minutes. Thank you!

Me me 😂😂😂😂

@@jamillie87 glad I'm not the only one😅

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@Wolverine Logan lol ik but I still went through the cooments

I noticed the reporter's Slavic name and came to see if anyone else noticed. Spelled that way, I'm 90% sure she's of Polish ancestry.

No. There were perhaps many many many of them that knew or at least suspected it was a bad idea and for many reasons. However, most were probably so selfishly excited about the vision of 2 million balloons being let go that they didn't care and kept their mouths shut. Then there are those adults who, when part of an organization of any kind, their careers being more important than their ethics, will keep their mouths shut so as to not stand out as the corporate traitor. It doesn't matter if it's a private company or a not-for profit. This one event should go to show you, just how few people in a society like ours are unwilling to do anything at all about something they see as a bad idea or action. Especially in a culture such as ours where seeking for oneself materialism, abundance, money, and power are valued higher than helping others. And you can bet that many in that office of the United Way were more hyped for a successful money making event and what it would mean for their careers rather than the purpose of helping poor people. Ours is a bad road we've been traveling, especially as it has intensified in the past three plus decades. It doesn't bode well for our future as a cohesive country, nor for the world as well.

That is the problem in this scenario they kept thinking about whether or not they could.that they didn’t stop to think if they should.

@GT Classic Plastic Imagine fining a child, just stupid. It's better to just ban this

@GT Classic Plastic Stop driving your auto and I'll stop buying balloons.

@GT Classic Plastic Your issue with the balloons was pollution. Your car pollutes the air far more than a child with a balloon, yet you want to fine a person w/ a balloon $1000. So, I'm telling you that you're a hypocrite because you drive a huge pollution machine and should be fined $20,000 every time you turn the ignition. Therefore, get off your high horse Tonto or stop driving your car. Do I need to be any more clear for you Dollface?

@@loganradinovich1127 Easy Logan, don't say "you" people, there's only one asshole that wants to fine a child $1000 for letting go of a balloon and it ain't me. Call the asshole out by name.

Not enough fish died to matter. Proof, no one here today even knew this happened.

It was actually a fundraising event

@@garybrowning4316 They can do better than that.

Mr beast: *bull-*

​@@garybrowning4316 bro it is charity

You couldn’t have known the disaster that was about to follow

You guys killed people

exactly

You stop acting clever

Marine life probably!

They're still digging them out of the oceans.

Right? How is it that no one involved had that thought? lol

No more charities.

Most charities are scams.

Donating to UW is a rip-off; outrageous fees line the pockets of ceo’s! Best to give directly to the charity

The public who donate to these charities should have access to the books to see how the money is spent!

@@Don_ECHOguy That information is available. United Way has one of the worst records of anyone. They are a scam. Most of the money they raise go to salaries and "expenses". Little actually goes to anything helpful.

I'd be so fucking confused

this reminds me a bit of the bloons_tower_defence game series . . probably because of the whole "attack of baloons" scenario

@@bigcheesewotsits ikr

That was Anaheim, California. The Los Angeles metro area. Once the balloons were up, no one noticed.

sure it was, just not recorded the damage!

And deadly for animals.

I remember seeing a slew of those balloons in the school yard in Huntington Beach were I grew up in 80's. Crestview Junior High.

@@venumames6921 And not painted as a blunder as the one from the video

You really care about squirrels that lived 30 years ago?

Unless you hold in every fart you as well are complicit in ecological assassination

@@Chef_Alpo Lol.. That's a little extreme , even for a liberal 🙄

Yeah that's what I was thinking. Were not talking a couple balloons there's millions.

@@davezedman I do care about the horses who got hurt but I guess caring about the people who died in WW2 is stupid

I got 99 problems but a balloon ain't one.

B -al- loons

I love that song 🎈🎈🎈

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U know it’s sung in German, not English right?

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Ikr

They dont matter

Except for Michael Scott’s ideas. Those are always spot on :D

speaking of marketing ideas - WKRP Cincinnati - As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly,. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-BGFtV6-ALoQ.html

Lol...🤣😂🤣

Lol...

Hi I am the son of this man shh hahaha

Damn fucking straight. I’m no angry Greta Thunberg but even I would NEVER do something this flagrantly STUPID and wasteful.

You don't honestly think NO one knew this would happen , or were they just more concerned with their own agenda. 🤔

exactly sad but trrrrrrue.......LMPRAO....

@@ec2sit617 *WEPA!!!!*

Lmaooo

I very much doubt anyone here had a degree in social work. Probably business degrees.

How was it stupid? Your dad wasted a good buzz the night you were conceived.

@@alwaysopen7970 The balloon release was "stupid" because of the large negative impact it had.

Insulting git on the job

Somewhere, then NFL commissioner Pete Rozelle was smiling. He loved balloons.

@@alwaysopen7970 maybe watch the video next time to see why it was a dumb idea. If you do not think it was dumb get ready to argue and insult this entire comment section.

Its amazing how you cant come up with your own original comment.

We are born stupid. The sooner we stop acting smart, the better.

Agreed

I don't get the big deal.

You mean humans can be stupid at times

@@LaMusica8 he means like mankind

I mean... I didn't...

Hindsight is 2020, otherwise you wouldn’t have watched this video if you knew what was going to happen. Best part of humanity, is that we make mistakes and learn from them.

Right?! WTF

Totally irresponable to release this rubbish in the first place.

It's Cleveland! I mean what could go wrong at this or let's say a Ten Cent Beer night where all hell broke loose at a Cleveland Indians Baseball game?

Yea, and I bet you the person who thought this stupid idea up, would be someone who watches Mr. beast.

You just said why it went wrong because they were "high" LOL

Yall fucking stupid. Your parents are also fucking stupid.

@@ceasarsalad2055 Whats wrong sweetie? Did daddy not poke you in the butt today?

Ya 🤣🤣

Zero Tolerance no, they’re stupid.

@@timberincorporated6912 You clearly didn't get the joke...

Stupid People:Exists Zero Tolerance:It's Free Real Estate

@Dust storm C0Ming forrest gump

Thanks, fixed!

@@BeAmazed hello

That did not actually happen, it was part of an episode of "WKRP In Cincinnati" TV show

@@laurendoe168 Oh common Lauren... I am pretty possitive TechBear knows that it is from WKRP and is joking LOL. Such a great episode. Les Nesman. What a character!!!

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Lol! One of my fave episodes. Booger!

Lauren Doe You are the life of any party

You can watch THAT on RU-vid as well. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ax7kENH-A7s.html

That was a good idea.

@@KyleTremblayTitularKtrey Yeah. Great for everyone with bits of rotting whale on their skin and the owner of the car hit with a big chunk. And also a great ide considering most of the whale didn't get turn into bits.

@@greggunn6450 Oh, yeah, I know. 😄

Excuse me, they did WHAT to a whale??? Now I gotta look this up.

They have done that with certain giant ping pong balls of sorts!

I uhm... I must be a terrible person cause i want to see that. WAIT I KNOW!! a raft out of pop cans! Yeah!

I might be wrong here but isn't metal less worse than plastic though?

At first I thought you meant you would bet 3 million empty pop cans. Haaa ill see your 3 million pop cans and raise you a 30 pack of empty budweisers.

Oooo nooo let’s make it beer cans but first we get ALL the high schools nearby and have the teens drink the beer and throw the cans in the lake! As fast as they can!!! Smh 🤦🏼‍♀️

Especially the people who can't properly spell "THOUGHT!"

Sounds like Susan B Komen. Hardly any of the $ they take in goes to breast cancer related causes.

Charity organizations are a scam. Their entire business model relies on there being the very thing they claim they want to end. There must be never be enough money for the beneficiaries because if there were donations and government subsidies would stop.

@@coffeecuppepsi Look them up. Discover which are good.

Reminds me of Kony 2020 the guy that ran it took half a million in salary...

@@Cherokee51774 Not to mention the rude paid callers trying to get you to donate to Susan B. Komen breast cancer awareness. lol. My mother who has breast cancer got a call and the girl was very aggressive when she said no and acted like she was evil for not contributing. Even cussed her out. They act like scammers because they get paid to get donators so it is a job for them, which explains the the cussing aggression for a no result. Just give to your most charitable local cancer center if you want to help cancer patients.

It did have the canal to the Ohio River.

I guess they got what they wanted. put Cleveland on the map.

despicable deplorales..EWNS' side...

I'm also originally from Ohio and am well aware of the cuyahoga river catching fire a lot

I´m from Sweden. US is known as the "mistake on the sea"

You seem like a nice person enjoy your day/night :)

Cozmic Taco thank you..you as well😌

Why does everyone act that writes these seem SO depressed? Lol! You have a Fantastic day TOO 😁

Thanks, you also Cozmic Taco!

No

you to cozmic taco :)

I guess they also made a similar disaster, only 30% smaller.

Oh its perfectly okay and anything wrong was immediately forgiven because it was Disneyland... Balh!

They have money to stop news spreading

@GT Classic Plastic This was before the LEFT went nutso and this was seen as festive not littering. Face it dude a BILLION BALLOONS arent gonna make a difference its the STUPID PEOPLE that litter them, THATS THE PROBLEM.

Just a stunning example of group think probably.

The million launched by disney without an issue was the reason they thought it would be ok. This wasn't a rare thing, just the scale. The storm was the x factor. Funny that even today people think they can do something just because disney pulled it off. They don't have the magic though so.......

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Not "people". "Americans". Normal people actually cared about the environment back then.

alukuhito I’m a American and I have a addiction to how the world looks

Some of us were actually smart enough to know how damaging this would be at the time.

Then everything goes wrong

Just saying all you have to do is press return and the that will go like This

Its unfolding before our eyes.

Idk if it makes you feel better I’m an adult that still sleeps with a baby blanket….

@@jragon9215 I have many stuffed animals so I can relate

And it's really sad that the "site manager" didn't have any "fore sight"!

@@usmale4915 So what you guys are saying is that he was blinded by the opportunity to break a world record.

I just read this comment and the two replies, and all three are hilarious... very clever I laughed a lot

Just paused to find someone else that spotted that

Holy I'm still laughing! At my age I'm becoming Tech savvy-or dumbed down because I missed sight - or too much Twitter(no FB) where my spell check has seized long ago😉

Same.

There's lots of historic events that aren't well known to the general public. Historic does not equal famous.

I can hear Walter Winchell now..."Oh. the humanity............."

How is that illegal

Satriyo Wibisono r/wooosh

@@Just_Being_Honest unfunny!!!

In the future, when some parent is told "sorry, your kid just died because we have no helium for our MRI scanner" I wonder how they'll feel about it being squandered in party balloons. Senseless. Helium should not be available to the general public imho.

@@harrybrownrigg9057 Amen.

@@harrybrownrigg9057 Hey, Hey! No, nooooooo! BAD! *Brings out water spritzer* I mean just think of the world you're creating! Nobody could ever talk in a super high voice and laugh at it ever again! Is that the kind of world you want to live in? Because it isn't the one I want to live in. People don't need MRI's anyway, they can just take essential oils and they'll be perfectly healthy anyway! Duh!

I don't understand how the public just has access to helium at all. Like you said it's needed for science, MRIs. It should ONLY be used for those things. Balloons literally don't need to exist. They're stupid and wasteful.

@@UnfazedPhoenix agreed! Such a waste and the fact it’s been hard to get should get some attention to properly regulate it

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