why did they choose to do it right next to a tall building lol? this was poorly thought out on many fronts but that's just asking for the release to be unviewable from certain angles and the balloons to fly unevenly.
The whimsical side of me thinks this is awesome and wishes I could have been there, but the practical side of me realizes how incomprehensibly stupid this was. As much as I love whimsical spectacles, how could anyone possibly expect releasing 1.5 million balloons to not be disastrous???
mummyjohn you can find about it on Wikipedia. it didn't directly kill two people, it just hampered search and rescue efforts of two people who were found dead.
Surely much of our evolutionary development on this planet won't cease to exist due to the depletion of helium because we used it all up making balloons fly.... Oh wait
***** They were lost the day before the balloons were sent away. It just made it harder to confirm their deaths considering the amount of balloons that deflated into the Lake.
It's also a good thing to do your research and learn that these balloons didnt degrade until over a year later and caused many environmental casualties and a couple human lives lost
Dear god... all that garbage... how many animals were killed and how much garbage ended up in the lakes and environment, never recovered? Who could have thought this was a good idea?
In 1986, Cleveland released 1.5 million balloons into the hair. Now, in 2013, we have a shortage of helium and a horribly polluted environment. THANKS, CLEVELAND!
Ah yes. The horribly polluted environment we have today is totally the fault of these balloons and totally nothing else. And obviously, the entire city is totally the one to be blamed and totally not the company who orchestrated the event. Your logic is flawless.
@@JarvisBaileyVA yes, the river caught fire....several times in fact. The Cuyahoga was one of the most polluted rivers in North America and the stuff that got dumped into it was flammable. an oil fire in 1969 was the final wake up call and atleast to my understanding Cleveland/State of Ohio had done a lot to clean up the river
+Karl Franz Unlikely. The coast guard spotted their boat anchored and empty on the day of the event. The boat had overturned and the men in it tried to swim to land, which most likely had happened the previous day. The coast guard were just looking for bodies at that point. It only hampered their search for said bodies, as many of the balloons had landed on the lake and made it impossible to see most of its surface.
I heard several people died during this event because there was so many balloons in the sky that rescue helicopters were unable to take off. 2 fishermen drowned when their boat flipped over and there bodies weren't found for hours because they were floating amongst thousands of balloons that landed in the water.
Meh Possibly, but the whole purpose of bio-degradable material is that it will dissolve quickly in a natural environment if not dissolve within the acids of a fish's digestive system.
This was more bizarre than the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in '97, The 1997 Parade was nicknamed "The Great Balloon Massacre of 1997" Because so many Balloons were destroyed due to the high levels of the Wind, List of Balloons were removed due to this, "Pink Panther" "Barney the Dinosaur" Even, Sonic the Hedgehog was removed and Retired, The Cat in the hat balloon was banned from the Parade. Because, He knocked down so much lampposts.
I mean what did they expect? Honestly, even kids know helium in lasts so long before the balloon sinks and what if it all had sunken onto freeways and such? The amount of death could’ve been cataclysmic!
This looks absolutely horrifying wtf especially the part where the balloons almost completely engulf that building like It was a scene from a monster b movie.
Why is everyone getting so annoyed at something that happened in 1986? What's the point? We can't change what happened then, it doesn't matter what happened! Because this is _now!_ Focus on what you could be doing for the earth now instead of getting angry at things that happened more than 33 years ago. Take a chill pill my dudes! x
***** my comment was a reply to someone saying that song's message was not welcome in america today… which makes no sense given what 'america' actually is...
Like, i know this resulted in deaths, cr crashes and all that... But... It looked really cool... If only ballons never fell down and flew into space...
Now, who in their right minds would think that sending 1.4 million balloons up into the atmosphere would just gradually come back down, and expect no massive destruction in the end? 😀
+crudecod The wind carried many of the balloons back to the city where they caused a lot of problems, sections of the city had to be closed down to clean them up, but they also ended in the water, and probably in a bunch of unfortunate bird's stomachs. A really stupid idea.
+American Idiots Well, Helium is a natural gas that we aren't able to reproduce yet, and since it is used quite often, we have run low and are now in a national helium shortage. I work at a party store and we used to rent out huge helium tanks, due to the shortage we are not able to rent them out anymore. Helium is also used for more than just balloons, such as medical equipment, construction, etc. making it a valuable resource we should be conserving.
Shout out to all the people watching this because of today’s episode of Distractible
Only after watching the whale blow up 😂
oh yeah, same here bro
💀
Whale
Mark was right it does looks like a horrifying amorphous blob
Bob was right, it just engulfs that building. I wonder what that looked like from inside. Probably like a fun house nightmare.
why did they choose to do it right next to a tall building lol? this was poorly thought out on many fronts but that's just asking for the release to be unviewable from certain angles and the balloons to fly unevenly.
distractable goated
thanks distractable for bringing me here
The whimsical side of me thinks this is awesome and wishes I could have been there, but the practical side of me realizes how incomprehensibly stupid this was. As much as I love whimsical spectacles, how could anyone possibly expect releasing 1.5 million balloons to not be disastrous???
Why's it so diastrous?
mummyjohn balloon remains were scattered everywhere and polluted the environment. And 2 people died.
mummyjohn you can find about it on Wikipedia. it didn't directly kill two people, it just hampered search and rescue efforts of two people who were found dead.
Ya, I think filling a warehouse with balloons then running through it would have been fun lol
@Teja my new favorite kink is reading passive/aggressive replies to comments I don’t remember making on videos I don’t remember watching 😩😂
Distractible is the reason i looked this up. And is also probably the reason why the first result for Cleveland is Cleveland balloon disaster.
100% accurate.
Distractible is the reason why I RE-looked this up after first hearing about it ten years ago
same here
didnt ask
Aliens were so confused that day...
Lol
PatrickRob82 Hey, at least they stayed away.
Imagine being a city pigeon and seeing this shit...
I needed this comment
Lmfao
this resulted in two deaths, millions in lawsuits, and a devastating environmental impact.
Dont forget it wasted lots of helium
The two deaths were from people being in the lake during a storm the day before
Worth the sight
@@sickbars4lyfe900 😂🤦🏼
Also two injured horses
Wow what a fun, noble, and definitely not disastrous event. wish I was there!!
Goblok
Yeah
Surely nobody died because those balloons, surely
Surely two fishermen won’t die because of these colored balloons landing in the water, making it harder to find them!
Surely much of our evolutionary development on this planet won't cease to exist due to the depletion of helium because we used it all up making balloons fly.... Oh wait
Imagine all the popped balloons land on the oceans and float everywhere... What a disaster
true
Raccoon That happened in Lake Erie, actually. It made rescue attempts and searches impossible.
Raccoon 2 people died
***** They were lost the day before the balloons were sent away. It just made it harder to confirm their deaths considering the amount of balloons that deflated into the Lake.
Thomas Kim The rescue helicopter couldn't fly thanks to the balloons
This is the closest we could get to a cloud of plastic. And I don't think a plastic cloud is anything good...
It's a good thing that it is latex. That biodegrates in 4-6 months
It's also a good thing to do your research and learn that these balloons didnt degrade until over a year later and caused many environmental casualties and a couple human lives lost
Latex just as bad
@@marvinraile7951 those guys were dead already. they were missing for 24 hours already when the balloons were released.
Looked cool tho
Dear god... all that garbage... how many animals were killed and how much garbage ended up in the lakes and environment, never recovered?
Who could have thought this was a good idea?
Well latex baloons are pretty biodegradable but yes it caused a lot of problems
Alyssa Mohino who cares about some stupid animals
Ness Lucas *edgy*
Alyssa Mohino and two people died because the balloons didn’t helped the helicopters that were trying to help them.
@@YOTSUBA_desu HOW DARE YOU USE GYRO PFP AND DOESNT CARE ABOUT ANIMALS
how did anyone think this was a good idea?
Americans
Mexicans
Ohioans
Luca Caldari serilously
Ohioans are not Americans fool
oh wow ok
In 1986, Cleveland released 1.5 million balloons into the hair.
Now, in 2013, we have a shortage of helium and a horribly polluted environment.
THANKS, CLEVELAND!
Into the hair
You're welcome.
Ah yes. The horribly polluted environment we have today is totally the fault of these balloons and totally nothing else. And obviously, the entire city is totally the one to be blamed and totally not the company who orchestrated the event. Your logic is flawless.
*into the hair*
@ThrashFan04
But still, blaming the whole city is a bit absurd, don’t you think?
i imagine there's a small island floating in the pacific somewhere that is made up completely of these balloons.
in a certain way..yes..... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Pacific_garbage_patch
Indeed there is👆🏻👆🏻
it is the base of the garbage patch 😂
Arousing
Mark was right that is horrifying to see
Still amazes me how this was allowed to take place. Nobody thought this was a bad idea?
The wickedness of man shorten his existence.
Cleveland - when they're not setting rivers on fire, they're flooding them with deadly balloons
Alex Harvey they used balloons made of biodegradable material. Still a dumbass idea.
They set what????
Y’all ready know
We got a national park outta it tho bitch boi 😤😤😤
@@JarvisBaileyVA yes, the river caught fire....several times in fact. The Cuyahoga was one of the most polluted rivers in North America and the stuff that got dumped into it was flammable. an oil fire in 1969 was the final wake up call and atleast to my understanding Cleveland/State of Ohio had done a lot to clean up the river
Anybody here, after listening Distractible? 😅
I was literally saying I bet some of the comments are gonna be anyone here From distractible
Clear portrait of the 80's wasteful generation
Pls kil meh
@@boofydoo4458 people born in the 80s are millennials too
ok boomers
@@DudeWhoLikesCock Zoomer
@@DudeWhoLikesCock im a tuumer
Aaaaaaaaand this is why we have a helium shortage today... Lol
Helium is very abundant?
@@bigsus1610 In the universe, it is. On Earth, not so much.
@@bigsus1610 Helium is a finite resource. Once we use all of it, there is no more left. You cannot make helium.
@@GwynethFaeleneThatOneWierdo
Well you definitely can make it but we can't do it yet.
Global warming
This actually killed two people because helicopters were unable to reach the boat of two fisherman who were in trouble :P
+Karl Franz Unlikely. The coast guard spotted their boat anchored and empty on the day of the event. The boat had overturned and the men in it tried to swim to land, which most likely had happened the previous day. The coast guard were just looking for bodies at that point. It only hampered their search for said bodies, as many of the balloons had landed on the lake and made it impossible to see most of its surface.
:(
insane that 2 lives were lost over something SO stupid...tragic.
insane that you believe something just because some random person posted it in a comment on UA-cam.
N C good one....you got me. 😒
I heard several people died during this event because there was so many balloons in the sky that rescue helicopters were unable to take off. 2 fishermen drowned when their boat flipped over and there bodies weren't found for hours because they were floating amongst thousands of balloons that landed in the water.
Their boat capsized the day BEFORE the balloon launch. They had already drowned, the Coast Guard was searching for bodies.
...and today we have an international shortage of helium and highly toxic seafood contaminated by marine debris...smdh.
A bit late but these balloons were bio-degradable.
a bit late, but thanks for this late info
SWI a bit late but they could still be eaten by fish.
Meh
Possibly, but the whole purpose of bio-degradable material is that it will dissolve quickly in a natural environment if not dissolve within the acids of a fish's digestive system.
SWI it can take up to 4 years to ‘biodegrade’ and it can cause harm during this period. There are no ‘eco friendly’ balloons.
Anybody else here from Distractible?
Yeah
Distractible brought me here
RIP helium
here because of distractible 🎉
Same
great idea for environment disaster....
Lolololol comic but s tragic
Imagine treading water for hours and as you see a boat near, you just get covered up in balloons
Thank you didtractible
Who else is here from distractible?
grüße an alle, die auch von toomanytabs hier gelandet sind.
1:36 Princess Diana was not amused.
Daedalus. Finally we found you. You will not escape our grasp again. You will be assimilated.
Cleveland's biggest bruh moment
Who is here because of distractable
100% convinced that this event is almost solely responsible for the amount of microplastics in the water today
Who else is here because of distractible
I wonder how Bob's fridge is.
This was more bizarre than the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in '97, The 1997 Parade was nicknamed "The Great Balloon Massacre of 1997" Because so many Balloons were destroyed due to the high levels of the Wind, List of Balloons were removed due to this, "Pink Panther" "Barney the Dinosaur" Even, Sonic the Hedgehog was removed and Retired, The Cat in the hat balloon was banned from the Parade. Because, He knocked down so much lampposts.
there’s 1.5 million views on this and i think there was 1.5 million balloons released
The fact I managed to come here from the death of cliff burton just because it was the same date is crazy
I mean what did they expect? Honestly, even kids know helium in lasts so long before the balloon sinks and what if it all had sunken onto freeways and such? The amount of death could’ve been cataclysmic!
The '86 Cleveland Balloonfest Charity (was) a prime example in a loss of mental buoyancy, inside and out.
Who else is here because of Distractable?
This is why aliens dont want to visit us
Thiz is not "cool" this was also a tragic day for two boaters
Who else came here from the new Distractible episode?
I wonder what that looked like from inside terminal tower?
2020 who is still watching it
I’m here because of distractable 😂
Based on this video you would think it was a total success
“As God as my witness I thought 1.5 million helium balloons would fly!”
I’m here from the markiplier podcast, and good lord this isn’t what I expected
This looks absolutely horrifying wtf especially the part where the balloons almost completely engulf that building like It was a scene from a monster b movie.
It looks like Cleveland has a long bright future ahead of it.
It took 30 years to become a titletown again after all epic failures.
This is the most Cleveland thing I've ever seen
Everybody gangster till the MOABs start appearing
So this is why I keep finding balloons at the beach :/
came from Zane and Heath: UNFILTERED
1:36 "Thaaaat was not worth my time."
Why is everyone getting so annoyed at something that happened in 1986? What's the point? We can't change what happened then, it doesn't matter what happened! Because this is _now!_ Focus on what you could be doing for the earth now instead of getting angry at things that happened more than 33 years ago. Take a chill pill my dudes! x
WHY DID THEY DO IT IN THE FIRST PLACE????
@@jyotsnabaghel4781 i dont know
This is why Cleveland has only has ONE thing to cheer about in the last 30 years.
Why did they put the most stock sounding music they could find???
Someone really needs to make a low budget b horror film about balloonfest
We treat our home like an amusement park.
The song's message was ok 28 years ago. Today ? Mmmmmm No thanks !
your country would not exist without immigration. it is an immigrant country made entirely of immigrants apart from erased native population.
dayglowjoe what does have to do with anything?
***** my comment was a reply to someone saying that song's message was not welcome in america today… which makes no sense given what 'america' actually is...
oh alright lol
***** The song has a message?? It doesn't have any singing... can you explain??
So beautiful! What a fun time the '80s were.
Like, i know this resulted in deaths, cr crashes and all that... But...
It looked really cool...
If only ballons never fell down and flew into space...
Is this probably one of the best videos on UA-cam.
Ah yes man made horrors beyond my comprehension
My dad was 7 he was there
Now THIS is American excellence! American culture! USA USA USA!
Leglos two people died
Jack
His comment wasn't _that_ funny.
Kip Kinkel You mean Ohioan?
these are now the people that says “there’s no hope for the young generation”
lol america just killed a million turtles.
Edit* We could change the video by using another song.
Darkfire889 we are the world
*Cleveland
Now, who in their right minds would think that sending 1.4 million balloons up into the atmosphere would just gradually come back down, and expect no massive destruction in the end? 😀
One of the most stupid incidents on earth took many lives.
I keep replaying this just for the music. If anyone knows what the soundtrack is called I’d love to know.
1980's where no one gave a fuck about the environment. goodtimes.
*Since this event,the alien choose to stay away from the humankind*
so all that plastic ended up in the ocean?
+crudecod The wind carried many of the balloons back to the city where they caused a lot of problems, sections of the city had to be closed down to clean them up, but they also ended in the water, and probably in a bunch of unfortunate bird's stomachs. A really stupid idea.
the fact that people died because of the sheer quantity of balloons released is hilarious, tragic and terrifying
Whom died, now?
What's the point when you couldn't even take a selfie?
POLAROID
Imagine that being captured in 4K Video 👀
Although this caused a lot of damage I kinda wished I was there to see it
you're fucking Obi Wan Kenobi, you saw cooler things than that
I love how it can be used as data to show the wind and how they spread, terrible idea, but cool to look at
What a Pollution!
We need to do this again
Never dude, we already have shortage of helium :/
boomers: look at gen z's! they are soo nasty today
also boomers:
whats the song?
The Dollop sent me here.
Honestly though… So many people and none of them thought this through???
Well that's a stupid idea...
maybe instead of 1.5 million balloons, just 1 balloon, but the size of 1.5 million balloons
9gag? Anyone?
I’d love working and helping that looks so fun
normal day in ohio💀
Bro stuck in 2022 💀
Rest in peace somebody died that day because of those balloons
2 people died actualy
@@libreriaycafeabc1446 Zero people died actually. The balloons weren't responsible for any one's death.
this is why the world is running out of helium
+American Idiots I don't see any evidence of mental retardation in his comment. He's correct, the world is running out of helium.
+Trevor Arsenault please explain this in detail then, this is the most ridiculous statement I've ever read
+American Idiots Well, Helium is a natural gas that we aren't able to reproduce yet, and since it is used quite often, we have run low and are now in a national helium shortage. I work at a party store and we used to rent out huge helium tanks, due to the shortage we are not able to rent them out anymore. Helium is also used for more than just balloons, such as medical equipment, construction, etc. making it a valuable resource we should be conserving.
… you cannot produce an element, only harvest…
exactly my point, it IS NOT an endless resource, therefor it WILL run out.
1:00 did they really fly an helicopter through these balloons?
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