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30-07-2016, 04:25 PM | #1 | |||
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30-07-2016, 05:18 PM | #2 | |||
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Yes happens from time to time
You need to know what you are doing etc |
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30-07-2016, 06:35 PM | #3 | |||
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Horrific, I hate those things.... Who in their right mind thought gas, fire and balloons were a good idea?
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30-07-2016, 07:55 PM | #4 | |||
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Yeah, it can be a very dangerous activity.
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30-07-2016, 09:35 PM | #5 | ||
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Remembering Kerry
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30-07-2016, 11:00 PM | #6 | ||
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Tragic accident though... it's not really something you would normally associate with being dangerous... but I remember a balloon coming down in a field near my house when I was about 9 or 10. No one was hurt, though. |
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31-07-2016, 04:12 AM | #7 | |||
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Locals said it Hit Power Lines.
that means the Man In Charge was no good you would know they were there Last edited by arista; 31-07-2016 at 04:22 AM. |
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31-07-2016, 04:59 AM | #8 | |||
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Quand il pleut, il pleut
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..this is such a sad tragedy.... and possibly a 'one in a lifetime' experience as well for those who lost their lives../so awful for them, their loved ones and also those who witnessed the balloon falling and were totally helpless...
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31-07-2016, 07:37 AM | #9 | |||
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Yes Ammi
but the fella in charge would know about Power Lines he could have fixed sensors. He failed all people want is the truth tragic |
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31-07-2016, 10:03 AM | #10 | |||
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31-07-2016, 10:27 AM | #11 | ||
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There are, going in a car only doesn't seem so strange because it's normalised. How about hurtling through the sky at 35000 feet, doing 600mph in a 200-tonne metal tube? That's also utterly insane on a logical level, and yet we're so used to it that it's just everyday stuff.
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31-07-2016, 10:58 AM | #12 | |||
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hot air ballooning is normalised too, yet if you were to compare the accident rate to travelling by plane I think you'd find a clear winner.
Everything has an element of risk attached even walking on the pavement, however my view is hot air ballooning carries more than I am willing to gamble.
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31-07-2016, 11:16 AM | #13 | ||
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Obviously (as we can see from this story) things can go wrong and it's tragic when they do... but I guess it's worth remembering that 5 - 10 people in the UK die in a car accident EVERY day and something like 100+ are badly injured. It doesn't stop us driving, though, because driving is such a big part of everyday life. I guess all I'm saying is, it seems a shame to shut oneself off from potentially great experiences for the sake of being totally risk-averse (when really, the risks are so tiny). Then again it's fair enough to just find the prospect unappealing! e.g. I'd never do a bungie jump but not because I think it would be particularly dangerous... I just think it sounds awful... |
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31-07-2016, 11:30 AM | #14 | |||
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Horrible news, RIP
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