California's Failed Balloon Ban May Be Floated Again

[Angel Heart]

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,354117,00.html

California's Failed Ballon Ban May Be Floated Again
Sunday, May 04, 2008

The party isn't over in California for helium-filled mylar balloons.

Even as a proposal to ban the sale of the glittery globes ran out of air last week in the state Senate, where it fell five votes short of passing, some proponents continue to work to get legislation reintroduced.

They say the legislation is needed to yank the party favors that end up tangled in electricity lines and cost businesses big bucks.

"It's a little like Russian roulette with the electric system," said Greg Simay, assistant general manager of Electrical Distribution for Burbank Water and Power. "The mylar balloon conducts electricity and mother nature likes to send electrons through the balloon, a whole lot of them, rather than to the customer."

The City of Burbank said one out of 8 power outages is caused by the party favors drifting into power lines, and after weather and equipment failures, balloons account for the majority of service interruptions.

Lawmakers now have until the end of this month to provide more information to the Senate Public Safety Committee to float new legislation.


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[Angel Heart]

ROFLMAO Balloon is misspelled. That was Fox's mistake BTW.