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

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.

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!

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.

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

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

Me too

It still does. Probably unlikely to change.

Yep

Gaven Wu It still says it

Thanks, fixed!

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Heheh “blows” heheh

ONLY IN OHIO

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

Lol

Oh same!

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

@@Cotronixco 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.

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

It was actually a fundraising event

@@garybrowning4316 They can do better than that.

Mr beast: *bull-*

​@@garybrowning4316 bro it is charity

@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.

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.

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.

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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.

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

You guys killed people

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

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

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

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

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

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

@@ec2sit617 *WEPA!!!!*

Lmaooo

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

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

B -al- loons

I love that song 🎈🎈🎈

😁

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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Ikr

They dont matter

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

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

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?

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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.

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 :)

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 🤦🏼‍♀️

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 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.

I wouldn't personally go quite as far as every single person involved, as the majority of the volunteers were schoolchildren... I would however instantly jail without hesitation or question or right of parole the corporate ceo's who planned this utter disaster from hell And all in the name of... what exactly? Oh, a pr stunt, to potentially, make the company look better, to get more money off people, in the end. The worthiest excuse I have ever encountered :*(

exactly...

Oh yes absolutely! People need to be held responsible for their actions.

Please keep in mind it was the weather!! Not the idea

@@vixceous they did nothing wrong it was literally the weather stfu

Then everything goes wrong

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

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.

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

Yall fucking stupid. Your parents are also fucking stupid.

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

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

Thanks, fixed!

@@BeAmazed hello

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

That was like 35 years ago dude. Let it go. (get it?? "let it go" - like balloons...k ,Ill see myself out)

I never trusted the united way, high overhead. Your dollar used for overhead, some left for charity

LOL! United Way=Evil no good charity that terrifies hard working people, in shaming them for not donating , a certain amount! Yes! Stop putting money in their grubby little hands!

@@ennoidyam Did families not exist 35 years ago??

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.

How is that illegal

Satriyo Wibisono r/wooosh

@@Just_Being_Honest unfunny!!!

Hold my beer , and sign this donation form . 🤨

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😉

4K Subscribers With 40 Videos Challenge like me a little

I'm 6days late.. 😄

Simpsons*

@@mollie-maiellmer6607 really you again mollie get your shit together

When did they start on the Tracey Ullman show?

Simpson’s were there