CALLERS CONCERNED; NO CAUSE TO WORRY – Callers to emergency 9-1-1 dispatchers, who reported a hot air balloon had crashed Tuesday (Aug. 30, 2011) at about 8 p.m. on the grounds of Pottsgrove Middle School, North Hanover Street, Pottstown PA, were unduly concerned, according to reporter Brandie Kessler of The (Pottstown PA) Mercury newspaper. “Hot air balloon landed (didn’t crash, although callers in to 911 said differently),” she Tweeted from the scene on Twitter, the social media platform. She also uploaded this photo of the balloon operator tending to his gear – taken with her cell phone – to her user account at YFrog.com, a Twitter-related photo website.
Photo by Brandie Kessler from YFrog
They land all the time around here.
If there’s trouble these guys have their own cell phones and would alert authorities. The balloon operators are good bunch of people and provide a wonderful “flight” experience for many.
The vistas of our area from on high is remarkable. This time of year and early fall marks the most favored times to get “up, up and away in your favorite balloon.”
Try it, the traditional champagne makes for a wonderful windup.