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I grew up in Cleveland and have never once heard of this. I guess it was such a colossal embarrassment that there was a gentleman's agreement to not even tell the next generation about it at all.
Imagine knowing 2 people are trapped out on a lake in a perilous situation, having the full advancements of modern technology on hand to save them, and being unable to do so because some fuckers thought it would be a good idea to release over a million balloons into a rainstorm.
Mayor: We want to rebrand Cleveland so we don't seem like a polluted shithole. George Fraser: How about we release 2 million pieces of plastic in the environment. Mayor: *GENIUS!*
@@SamekhAniki Still it takes minimum 6 months to decompose, which can't be good for the environment, especially when its 2 million pieces of it in a single area.
I can only imagine Canada fighting off a horde of balloons comming from the shore with darts and progressivelly upgrading their efficiency as the baloons come stronger
@Joe Mama The guy said "sons of fisherman" then "wife." You can only conclude that it is the wife of the son of the fisherman, who is also their mother.
So basically, it was considered a disaster because all the balloons came down in their OWN town, lake and forest. As opposed to coming down in somebody else’s town, lake and forest, which would have been totally fine.
Even if it went perfectly, they would have still have realised a million balloons to be scattered into the sea and land. He said two man died during this, and i Imagine a lot of fish and other animals too. Was there noone that that this was a dumb idea?
Yes even without the rain this is a horrible idea... Possibly even worse because then they would have made the full 2 million balloons, not "only" 1.4 million
Technically speaking no animals would have died if the bloon went into the atmosphere. After hitting a certain hight it would have exploded into a bunch on tiny pieces.
@@spaceygnat19908 do balloons actually pop like this in the atmosphere? Regardless, things could still ingest the pieces. I believe whales have been found with massive accretions of relatively small plastic that they couldnt pass in their guts.
@@raptorjesus2516 Helium is fucking expensive, scientists are ready to kill to get their share of helium. The abundance of helium in the universe does not hold true on planet Earth at all.
@@raptorjesus2516 Helium must be mined from rocks, to my knowledge. Veritasium made a video on it. Helium's low density and tendency to reach the edge of our atmosphere means it escapes into space and nigh on impossible to recover in a economically-viable way 🚀
Just imagine if they had sent the 2 millions balloons that were planned to launch on that day. We would have found balloons even in space, on space beaches
0:22 "So whats your favorite hit song of the 70's?" *"....... smoke on the water"* "Hey thats a pretty good son-" "No Dave there is *literally* smoke on the water, the river is on fire again."
I love seeing stories like these. Not because they are happy stories, but because the fact city leadership could approve such a stupid idea in the first place - people trusted with the authority to lead and help millions of people - makes me feel much better about my own intelligence. It is blatantly obvious that launching that many balloons in a dense urban area is going to cause chaos one way or another. Sure, the rainstorm made it a lot worse, but even without a rain storm there isn't a guarantee that tons of balloons wouldn't have fallen back down and caused chaos. You did a good job explaining things, in any case.
Cleveland: im sick of this reputation we have for damaging the envioment..we need to do something! *releases 1.5 million bits of rubber into the envioment.
Cleveland has tree. A lot. And when I say a lot, I mean a lot. The Greater Cleveland metropolitan area is known for having a very large number of parks, trails, playgrounds and reserves. As far as green space is concerned, it's actually one of greenest cities in the country. Seriously. No matter where you live, you can find a park or something with a very short walking or driving distance. So much so that locally the metroparks and connecting areas are know as the emerald necklace. Cleveland may be known for river fires and bad things. But honestly, it's no where close to being as bad as the media loves to drum it up. Heck, they talk shit about the entire state of Ohio regularly. That is until an election comes and once again we're the great state of Ohio again........ One day, you should visit. It has a lot to offer. Or you can continue to believe the rhetoric from larger cities/media markets like New York, L.A. and Chicago that love to hate on smaller cities like Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Detroit, and so on. At least the city doesn't smell like piss, and has hordes of homeless people roaming the streets like cities in California..... Ever been there? It's terrible.
@@TheMissingLink2 I used to live in California and on hot days when you were stuck in traffic behind a garbage truck... literally smelled of hot garbage. California is not that glamorous if you’re not a celebrity.
Love how you tell a story! I'm thinking on using a part of the low amount of money i have on paying to channels like you! It's just too much fun and happiness to be a freeloader!
In Vietnam, about a decade ago, we used to have sky lantern during the night before the first day of lunar year. It was gorgeous due to thousands of sky lantern in the night after a fantastic show of firework. BUT thing changes when lantern sellers used metal wired instead of wooden frame for the lantern. So what happen when thousand of metal wires falling from the sky…into electric line, FIRE. And thus it’s forever banned now.
Littering all over Canada and getting away with it is no small victory. At least they have that. Also, this situation is the best definition of a traumedy I've ever heard.
Imagine working in that big building and while doin yo job you see the windows go dark and you look out and see 1.5m balloons smack against the windows
Big Boss, you made videos on how terrible Bethesdas games where, and you've even made a video on how terrible EA's games where.... But now I think its time you tackle the dumpster fire that is..... Cyberpunk 2077.
Given that the song only came out around 3 years beforehand, there’s a pretty good chance that one of the cars was playing 99 Luftballoons while this was happening
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Damn it they got you to
Big b0ss remove the emojis
No
(￢_￢;)
The City of Cleveland now mandates all residents to play Bloons Tower Defense.
as A person Completely Unrelated to Cleveland I can confirm
Release the pointy darts and monkeys!
Monke balloon gaem
@@spartans.8346 'tis a good game
Don’t forget canada
I grew up in Cleveland and have never once heard of this. I guess it was such a colossal embarrassment that there was a gentleman's agreement to not even tell the next generation about it at all.
Everyone participated, so everyone was too embarrassed and ashamed to tell their children what they did lol
When you fail so bad the whole city agrees to never speak of it again.😟
And thats how you get a future that never learns from its mistakes.
Not a gentleman's agreement. Just a simple cover up. Kinda what people do when they fuck up and dont want anyone else to know.
Or if you are a Browns fan, you're constantly pre-occupied with the pain of the franchise
Moral of the story: You can't make Cleveland look good. Don't even try.
Unless you're Lebron
Thats why we need to demolish the following cities and replace them with parking lots
Detroit
Cleveland
lebron james
bopp9 hell no child
At least they tried, unlike you sitting judgemental beach
Imagine knowing 2 people are trapped out on a lake in a perilous situation, having the full advancements of modern technology on hand to save them, and being unable to do so because some fuckers thought it would be a good idea to release over a million balloons into a rainstorm.
That's cleveland for you
BRUHH, i cant even belive the video.
Imagine if you're just driving home and a ocean of wet ballons just drops at you
Imagine knowing two idiotic people thought it was a good idea to go take their boat out on the lake during a storm.
@@sirmang9032 imagine you being such an idiot, that you commented this
@@account527 don't argue with an idiot, he will drag you down his level and beat you with experience
Mayor: We want to rebrand Cleveland so we don't seem like a polluted shithole.
George Fraser: How about we release 2 million pieces of plastic in the environment.
Mayor: *GENIUS!*
balloons are made of latex, which is biodegradable, not plastic
@@SamekhAniki oh I didn't know that I always thought that they were just something no one was talking about
@@SamekhAniki Still it takes minimum 6 months to decompose, which can't be good for the environment, especially when its 2 million pieces of it in a single area.
@@tiggerdaking5378 The dude just corrected me, he obviously got the joke.
@Tigger DaKing unnecessary whoosh
I can only imagine Canada fighting off a horde of balloons comming from the shore with darts and progressivelly upgrading their efficiency as the baloons come stronger
And then
*M O A B*
@@destroyerthepro1101 the German came back
READY THE BOFORS AND OERLIKONS, BOYS!! WE OUGHTA SHOOT DOWN SOME FLOATSIES!!
I see you are a fellow monkey of culture.
And somewhere deep within that labyrinth, was Doofinshmirtz's balloon, Balloony
BALLOONY!
damn Hainz should really take a good care of his baloon
BALLOONY, NOOOOOO!
@@Rifky809 It's not his fault its all his father's fault :(
I present the *_ballooninator!_*
What? It's to bring back my favourite childhood balloon, Balloony! Definitely not to take over the tri state area...
Even without a rainstorm, releasing 2 million synthetic spheres of rubber into the atmosphere doesn't seem like a good idea in any way you look at it.
Those were Latex balloons which are biodegradable
Son of Fisherman: Hey look mom, Balloons!
Wife: *Vietnam Flashbacks*
1 million balllons
SWEEETT HOMEEE ALABAMAAAA
fun fact: women weren't allowed in Vietnam so you better changed that fucking gender right now.
@Joe Mama The guy said "sons of fisherman" then "wife." You can only conclude that it is the wife of the son of the fisherman, who is also their mother.
Joe Mama dude idk I was high as fuck
"”””One if it's river's had caught fire"”””
me: bruh
"””””13 different times""”””
me: *B R U H*
How bad a city has to be to a river literally catch fire?
Gui Santiago it has to do with fracking, I believe Pennsylvania has the same issue
@@hackingmongoose was fracking a thing back then?
B rU H 🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣😂😂😎😎😎😎😎😎😩😩😩😩☺️😤😤🤪🤪🤪🤪😤
epic bruhmoment right here
Mozzie help i have cancer now because of the emoijs you spammed
big boss is rapidly becoming Internet History 2.0. I love it.
the british internet historian
his style of editing is basically identical to IH's now
he doesnt have those meaningless skits that nobody watches through either
@@punchtoy4546 you dummy, the skits are the best part
i skip through them lol. he probably spends a fuckton of time on them but man i really find them boring
Bruh this guy appeared out of nowhere, made a bunch of high quality videos and noped out
hesss BACKKKK
Typical big boss video
"our city is horribly polluted. we need a solution"
"how about floating rubber"
No it was floating latex which can be biodegraded
@@Funnyso869 which ended up polluting the surrounding environment what
@@sladikk I know but there's a difference latex can be degraded far more easily than rubber
@@sladikk i like how he never responded
As an Ohio citizen, I can say all Ohioans contain this level of logic
and when the world needed big boss the most, he vanished
Just be patient
@@mut-x8k Well it has been 5 months since the last upload so I am also getting curious.
@@sharpr2459 could watch internet historian while we wait or in my case go to school
@@sharpr2459 the last time I waited for UA-camr this long, they died
Did you notice how hard this video flopped? UA-camrs always do this when a video flops like this
hell yes, the historian of internet who doesn't forget his password all the time is back at it again
And he is british.
im pretty sure he's pyrocynical
@@maxzak5310 yeah
He has as many videos
Aged not well
So basically, it was considered a disaster because all the balloons came down in their OWN town, lake and forest. As opposed to coming down in somebody else’s town, lake and forest, which would have been totally fine.
They would have exploded into tiny pieces most likely ended up in the ocean. Still bad but not as annoying or harmful as what actually happen.
@@spaceygnat19908 dude what? Either way is dumb
@@spaceygnat19908 they would've decomposed aswell. They're not even made out of harmful elements. This is 100% poor planning
Spot on.
@@spaceygnat19908 exploded? How?
Even if it went perfectly, they would have still have realised a million balloons to be scattered into the
sea and land. He said two man died during this, and i Imagine a lot of fish and other animals too. Was there noone that that this was a dumb idea?
Yes even without the rain this is a horrible idea... Possibly even worse because then they would have made the full 2 million balloons, not "only" 1.4 million
Why fix city issues then we can release balloons
Technically speaking no animals would have died if the bloon went into the atmosphere. After hitting a certain hight it would have exploded into a bunch on tiny pieces.
@@spaceygnat19908 do balloons actually pop like this in the atmosphere? Regardless, things could still ingest the pieces. I believe whales have been found with massive accretions of relatively small plastic that they couldnt pass in their guts.
@@spaceygnat19908 even worse microplastic is killing the world !!
Can we also say this was a huge waste of helium
Imagine how many voices can do the funny high pitch
Indeed, helium is an exhaustible resource.
@@joshuat6124 it is?
@@raptorjesus2516 Helium is fucking expensive, scientists are ready to kill to get their share of helium. The abundance of helium in the universe does not hold true on planet Earth at all.
@@raptorjesus2516 Helium must be mined from rocks, to my knowledge. Veritasium made a video on it. Helium's low density and tendency to reach the edge of our atmosphere means it escapes into space and nigh on impossible to recover in a economically-viable way 🚀
Yay! Finally, a new video from _Internet Histo..._ oh, my mistake.
GOTTEEM
Chinese knock-off version
i got jebaited but still a nice channel
he actually copies the EXACT SAME format lol, even has some of the same game scenes
shameful
@@sotnoscopes yeah but it’s still good videos yeah the style isn’t original but he still makes fairly high quality videos
Just the mere concept of something being called "the balloon fest of '86" is endlessly hilarious to me
It's kinda sad
They could have reenacted the movie 'Up' with all those balloons
This was b4 the movie
@@TJDJ-2003 true
And moved Cleveland somewhere else?
@@volundrfrey896 Yeah 😂
1986 - Balloonfest took place.
2009 - Up was released to theaters.
Hmm.... I think you're onto something.
Just imagine if they had sent the 2 millions balloons that were planned to launch on that day. We would have found balloons even in space, on space beaches
People: sooo... how many problems do you have?
Cleveland: *yes*
Cleveland is decent. You mean Jackson Mississippi
mans really dropped a banger like this and just dipped
Do you know where he is?
@@whatclub3934 maybe he's working on a massive project.
0:22
"So whats your favorite hit song of the 70's?"
*"....... smoke on the water"*
"Hey thats a pretty good son-"
"No Dave there is *literally* smoke on the water, the river is on fire again."
0 3 5
@@internetexplorerchan2697 0365
03530
I love seeing stories like these.
Not because they are happy stories, but because the fact city leadership could approve such a stupid idea in the first place - people trusted with the authority to lead and help millions of people - makes me feel much better about my own intelligence. It is blatantly obvious that launching that many balloons in a dense urban area is going to cause chaos one way or another.
Sure, the rainstorm made it a lot worse, but even without a rain storm there isn't a guarantee that tons of balloons wouldn't have fallen back down and caused chaos.
You did a good job explaining things, in any case.
how this was even considered an incredible idea to start with is beyond me
Cleveland: im sick of this reputation we have for damaging the envioment..we need to do something!
*releases 1.5 million bits of rubber into the envioment.
They really could have tried anything else. Like 2 million trees.
Different times. People were not as ecologically aware.
bananasmatter yeah but you’d still think two million floating condoms are less useful than two million trees
Cleveland has tree. A lot. And when I say a lot, I mean a lot. The Greater Cleveland metropolitan area is known for having a very large number of parks, trails, playgrounds and reserves. As far as green space is concerned, it's actually one of greenest cities in the country. Seriously. No matter where you live, you can find a park or something with a very short walking or driving distance. So much so that locally the metroparks and connecting areas are know as the emerald necklace.
Cleveland may be known for river fires and bad things. But honestly, it's no where close to being as bad as the media loves to drum it up. Heck, they talk shit about the entire state of Ohio regularly. That is until an election comes and once again we're the great state of Ohio again........
One day, you should visit. It has a lot to offer. Or you can continue to believe the rhetoric from larger cities/media markets like New York, L.A. and Chicago that love to hate on smaller cities like Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Detroit, and so on.
At least the city doesn't smell like piss, and has hordes of homeless people roaming the streets like cities in California..... Ever been there? It's terrible.
I mean it's kinda hard to send 2 million trees flying into the air.
@@TheMissingLink2 I used to live in California and on hot days when you were stuck in traffic behind a garbage truck... literally smelled of hot garbage. California is not that glamorous if you’re not a celebrity.
Cleveland Government: "Have you experienced hell?"
Citizens: "No."
Cleveland: *"WOULD YOU LIKE TO?"*
0:18 Hey Vsauce, Michael here. Where is my house?
I knew it XD.
Hey vsauce robbery here
Love the name
I swear, I could watch the internet historian and your videos for hours.
When the world needed him the most he returned....
I mean it’s only been a month
FlintKnocks the world needs him very often
I keep revisiting the latest video wondering when he's going to upload
Very original...
@@urfav_loser um ok I guess
next video: how a lemonade stand caused a nuclear holocaust.
Is this real
@@Funnyso869 would you honestly be surprised if it was?
I guess you could say the event *ballooned* out of proportion
🥁
Damn he started to follow Internet Historian's upload schedule
Imagine on the brink of death the last thing you see are balloons.
"is that the bite of 87?!"
"no its balloons of 86"
Cleveland: "ATLEAST WE'RE NOT DETROIT!!!"
Big Boss you NEED to make a whole-ass video on Cyberpunk 2077. NOW!
This is where all our helium went
You are absolutely hilarious and informative simultaneously. A unique blend of features. :)
Wow. The consistency of back-to-back L's taken..may be a record in and of itself.
Love how you tell a story! I'm thinking on using a part of the low amount of money i have on paying to channels like you!
It's just too much fun and happiness to be a freeloader!
0:16 poor Vsauce.... what has this city done to you?
For a second i thought you meant he was the car bomber lol
I just now, after being subscribed for a few months, realized that big bosses profile picture is not a low res picture of an actual person.
So how did they think releasing a bunch of balloons was going to save Cleveland?
Dude, upload more. This is too good.
Is it just me or does big boss sound like a better sounding pyrocynical?
Sounds just like pyro if you took out the aids and cancer in his voice
@@stenchemitter2407 I don't really like using these things as insults.
Hes sold out by promoting raid
Lol cry bruh aids aids cancer
Plot Twist: He IS Pyrocinical, disguising his other identity with this persona by changing his voice.
In Vietnam, about a decade ago, we used to have sky lantern during the night before the first day of lunar year. It was gorgeous due to thousands of sky lantern in the night after a fantastic show of firework.
BUT thing changes when lantern sellers used metal wired instead of wooden frame for the lantern. So what happen when thousand of metal wires falling from the sky…into electric line, FIRE.
And thus it’s forever banned now.
I heard of balloon fest, but I never knew it went that badly.
"But then come the balloons..." - sounds so silly yet ominous at the same time.
00:01. I had faith in you. That you were different. But my dreams, were crushed.
6:15 had me diying lmao, that clip you used is hilarious
The only way to increase the fail of this would have been using hydrogen as a filler. Oh the humanity!
Why ?
@@lorenzokrumm See Hindenburg.
@@lorenzokrumm hydrogen is very flameable. Rip Hindenburg blimp
This seems like the backstory for some balloon themed d-list supervillain that robs charities and floats away
Internet Historian level editing, nice.
literally I love how many stock photos are used in this it makes it so much better
United Way: Lets pump up 2 million balloons for money
Rain: im about to end this festivals whole carrer
Casual reminder that this event happened 3 years after 99 Red Balloons dominated the charts.
please keep putting stuff out man you're absolutely hilarious
What an amazing story. Except for the tragic parts, pretty hilarious. Thanks f sharing. Great channel!
Anyone else love his profile pic and his voice?
*And when the world needed him the most, he vanished.*
When big boss uploads, the world watches
You went the extra mile with the internet Historian-esque videos that you also are taking a fucking masive time to upload
When I die, I want big boss to cover my life story at my funeral
Pixar: I think I'mma make a movie called UP, but what's the plot gonna be?
*Reads about Balloonfest '86*
"Write that down! Write that down!"
Oh 'sup didn't see you there.
I see you everywhere, can reply pweasseeeee senpai
As a person who lives in Cleveland, I’m just proud to have my city shown on UA-cam.
its not exactly a small town lol
Ah, my favourite organization in Cleveland:
Several Organizations In the City™
@Yeast Yeast what?
Love these videos. Looking forward to watching many more over the years.
Thanks for reminding me to rewatch the Cleveland tourism videos
Big boss died of corona, his soul took a balloon straight to heaven.
3:40 *YOUR DUTY IS NOT DONE BROTHER!!*
Where are ye man we need more of your top tier content
Can't wait for a video on GME
'Come on down to Cleveland Town everyone!'
Balloons: 'Oh, okay, omw down now.'
'No, that's not what I meant! Stop! Oh god!'
Littering all over Canada and getting away with it is no small victory. At least they have that. Also, this situation is the best definition of a traumedy I've ever heard.
This is actually kinda heartbreaking and sad..... They wanted to do something good for the city, and it ended up being a tragedy.....
as someone who grew up in cleveland this is the exact kind of dumb thing the people would go ballistic for
And he was never seen again
This man is so entertaining I actually watched the sponsorship, now THAT is impressive
fun times in cleveland again!
_it's cleveland!_
8:00 the moment this man makes me jump out my seat by using a random screenshot of a DIY shop near where i live in the middle of nowhere
0:11 Is big boss talking about his upload schedule?
Dang (pls dont start a chain-)
@@whuddup1249 dang
@@history-jovian dang
0:18 Hey Vsauce, Michael here!
Thank you Film Theory
Big boss: Your style of videos is nuts, I'd even pay Patreon for this (seriously). More please 😂😂👍😎
I knew I would see “only in Ohio” memes☠️☠️
Imagine working in that big building and while doin yo job you see the windows go dark and you look out and see 1.5m balloons smack against the windows
i'd be like
geez i need to stop drinking so much
(turns on tv)
BREAKING NEWS BALLOON FEST GOES WRONG
me: wait a min...
Big Boss, you made videos on how terrible Bethesdas games where, and you've even made a video on how terrible EA's games where.... But now I think its time you tackle the dumpster fire that is.....
Cyberpunk 2077.
I don’t know mate every one and there grandma already covered it
@@mut-x8k Dude, everyone is their grandma covered both Bethesda's antics and EA's Debauchery.
Well lucky you-
He actually did it recently. Check it out.
This mans content is so entertaining, he make sponsors fun to watch
insane videos m8, wish you would upload more often but i realize you put a lot of work in to them so... good shit!
The last minute reminds me of Donald comics. When Donald finally strikes big, makes all the money, until it all comes crashing down.
Big boss is pyrocynical. This is pyro’s second channel...
Ye
It sounds a lot like him, but the edition is kinda different
bro i love you for that DoD:S wehrmacht model
See you guys in 3 months
Given that the song only came out around 3 years beforehand, there’s a pretty good chance that one of the cars was playing 99 Luftballoons while this was happening
pyrocynical when pyrocynical is asleep