Six Year Old

[jillian]

Darn, I should have saved the rep for this one.

don't worry... I got it!

 

[mal]

Well, mal. Let's make a bet. I'm torn, but I'll go with "not a hoax".

What does the loser have to do?

Backrub...

How about something in the Siglines...

But what if it's never Conclusive?...

Like OJ's Guilt.



peace...

 

[RadiomanATL]

 

[Catbert]

Police are trained to "believe" the stories given at the time, until further investigation proves them wrong.

Needless to say the parents, wisely for them, did not appear on TV during the 2-hour event because if questioned by the media, much would have come out to refute the story early on.

It was the dad who contacted TV stations as soon as the event occurred, "to get the biggest coverage to help in the rescue." heh

Certainly the "scientist" father would have been asked whether or not his helium balloon was capable of carrying a 50 lb payload (answer, no). And the "box" attached to the balloon had no point of entry large enough for his son to have entered.

As of this morning the cost of this event was over 2 million.

 

[Emma]

Well, mal. Let's make a bet. I'm torn, but I'll go with "not a hoax".

What does the loser have to do?

Backrub...

How about something in the Siglines...

But what if it's never Conclusive?...

Like OJ's Guilt.



peace...

If it's conclusive, the loser puts 'I heart mal' or 'I heart Emma' in their sig for a week. Or something like that lol.

If it's inconclusive, I'll go play golf and search for the culprit.

 

[rightwinger]

Police are trained to "believe" the stories given at the time, until further investigation proves them wrong.

Needless to say the parents, wisely for them, did not appear on TV during the 2-hour event because if questioned by the media, much would have come out to refute the story early on.

It was the dad who contacted TV stations as soon as the event occurred, "to get the biggest coverage to help in the rescue." heh

Certainly the "scientist" father would have been asked whether or not his helium balloon was capable of carrying a 50 lb payload (answer, no). And the "box" attached to the balloon had no point of entry large enough for his son to have entered.

As of this morning the cost of this event was over 2 million.

I had the same reaction as soon as I saw the balloon. It looked like no way it could lift a 50lb child. Also a balloon with a payload would not shoot up like that. That boy is so fidgety that there was no way he could have crawled in and remained quiet with his whole family standing around.
The police are taking their time and gathering facts. The fathers time will come

 

[Emma]

Police are trained to "believe" the stories given at the time, until further investigation proves them wrong.

Needless to say the parents, wisely for them, did not appear on TV during the 2-hour event because if questioned by the media, much would have come out to refute the story early on.

It was the dad who contacted TV stations as soon as the event occurred, "to get the biggest coverage to help in the rescue." heh

Certainly the "scientist" father would have been asked whether or not his helium balloon was capable of carrying a 50 lb payload (answer, no). And the "box" attached to the balloon had no point of entry large enough for his son to have entered.

As of this morning the cost of this event was over 2 million.

I had the same reaction as soon as I saw the balloon. It looked like no way it could lift a 50lb child. Also a balloon with a payload would not shoot up like that. That boy is so fidgety that there was no way he could have crawled in and remained quiet with his whole family standing around.
The police are taking their time and gathering facts. The fathers time will come

I don't believe police are 'trained' to believe initial reports. They're trained to look at evidence from all angles and not rule anything out.

 

[Ravi]

I don't think you can fault the cops for this.

It did appear the ones that "rescued" the balloon yesterday already knew no one was inside, though. They sure took their sweet time checking.

 

[Emma]

http://tmz.vo.llnwd.net/o28/player/audio/101609_balloon_911_v2.mp3

911 call.

 

[RadiomanATL]

http://tmz.vo.llnwd.net/o28/player/audio/101609_balloon_911_v2.mp3

911 call.

They waited 20 minutes before calling 911?

WTF?

 

[Emma]

I don't think you can fault the cops for this.

It did appear the ones that "rescued" the balloon yesterday already knew no one was inside, though. They sure took their sweet time checking.

In the 911 call, dad said the outer skin charged every 5 minutes with "a million volts". That explains why they were standing back like that.

 

[Ravi]

It emits a million volts on the outer skin?

This man is nuts.

 

[Emma]

http://tmz.vo.llnwd.net/o28/player/audio/101609_balloon_911_v2.mp3

911 call.

They waited 20 minutes before calling 911?

WTF?

He said in interviews they searched through the house and yard before realizing he was gone. I wouldn't put much stock in what he said how much time passed in a situation like that. He initially said "a few minutes", then sounded like he wasn't sure.

 

[Emma]

It emits a million volts on the outer skin?

This man is nuts.

I know NOTHING about current and stuff. Is that even possible?

 

[Ravi]

It emits a million volts on the outer skin?

This man is nuts.

I know NOTHING about current and stuff. Is that even possible?

I think a live power line has around 1/2 a million volts. There's no way he could have generated that kind of power.

 

[RadiomanATL]

It emits a million volts on the outer skin?

This man is nuts.

I know NOTHING about current and stuff. Is that even possible?

I think a live power line has around 1/2 a million volts. There's no way he could have generated that kind of power.

Yeah he could have. Volts are easy. Watts are hard.

Stun guns are manufactured that put out well over a million volts.

 

[Ravi]

I know NOTHING about current and stuff. Is that even possible?

I think a live power line has around 1/2 a million volts. There's no way he could have generated that kind of power.

Yeah he could have. Volts are easy. Watts are hard.

Stun guns are manufactured that put out well over a million volts.

I didn't know that. He's still nuts if he had something capable of doing that with kids around it.

 

[Emma]

I know NOTHING about current and stuff. Is that even possible?

I think a live power line has around 1/2 a million volts. There's no way he could have generated that kind of power.

Yeah he could have. Volts are easy. Watts are hard.

Stun guns are manufactured that put out well over a million volts.

I had an ex who was a radio fanatic and tried (and failed lol) to explain this stuff to me. Isn't it the amps rather than the amount of voltage that is dangerous? Or am I completely in the dark? (I vote for the latter LOL)

 

[RadiomanATL]

I think a live power line has around 1/2 a million volts. There's no way he could have generated that kind of power.

Yeah he could have. Volts are easy. Watts are hard.

Stun guns are manufactured that put out well over a million volts.

I had an ex who was a radio fanatic and tried (and failed lol) to explain this stuff to me. Isn't it the amps rather than the amount of voltage that is dangerous? Or am I completely in the dark? (I vote for the latter LOL)

Yeah, the amps are what kill you.

Not an expert on this by any means. I'm not a radio engineer.

 

[mal]

http://tmz.vo.llnwd.net/o28/player/audio/101609_balloon_911_v2.mp3

911 call.

They waited 20 minutes before calling 911?

WTF?

It's my Understanding they call 9News and the FAA before Calling 9/11...



peace...