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The folks with Puget Sound Energy wanted to send a friendly reminder to be safe with your helium-filled Mylar balloons and kites this spring. No joke. Apparently, those pesky balloons (and kites) like to escape, floating up and away into high-voltage power lines, creating one colorfully charged safety hazard. PSE said Mylar balloons account for several outages per year. So hold on to your balloons and remember never fly kites near electric lines, in the rain, or during an electric storm.
Don't Let Your Balloons Fly Away
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Is a kite made of wire or wet string? Ever?
NO!
I only respond to Public Service Announcements addressed to me by a)celebrities (can you imagine Robert Downey, Jr. doing a PSA on mylar baloons as a part of his probation? awesome) b) McGruff the Crime Dog or c) Officer Friendly. Everything else goes in one ear, ricochettes off of some concussion scar tissue and lost Q-Tips and out the other ear.