CO - Richard & Mayumi Heene charged in Balloon Boy hoax, Fort Collins, 2009 - #1

[not_my_kids]

Sheriff says she is sure he is hiding somewhere and will come out safely. I hope they don't put too much stock in this. I hope it's true, but at this point, I'm not betting on it.

Above YouTube confirms my belief. There is something horribly wrong here.

 

[momtective]

80 miles of ground to search...FAA looking for flight pattern.

 

[Celt1997]

Wild goose chases going on now as they are scouring several locations where people claim to have "seen" something fall.

 

[nursebeeme]

http://www.theinsider.com/news/2917...n_Parents_Reportedly_Appeared_on_Reality_Show

this family was on the reality show wife swap

 

[Julessleuther]

OK--I have a beef that this father was working with helium (which is highly flammable) and put his children in a dangerous situation in the first place. I think the family should be charged for all the emergency vehicles, helicopters, etc that were resourced for this emergency!

They need to find out exactly what happened from the brothers.

http://www.9news.com/news/article.aspx?storyid=125161&catid=339

(snip)
Police say the family's two boys were playing outside with the rest of the family inside the house. One son watched his little brother go inside the compartment and watched it take off

 

[nervous_nellie]

i sure hope your right!! but i can see some little kid crawling inside not thinking that the other one was going to untie the thing....ugh, not good

 

[Clearly Confused]

Dang , you're smart...lol

He lost me at "1.26 Kg per cubic "..lol

 

[Julessleuther]

Are you kidding me? Nice!!!!!!!!!!!!

YouTube - Wife Swap Heene boys Not Pussified music video

 

[ecs5298]

OK--I have a beef that this father was working with helium (which is highly flammable) and put his children in a dangerous situation in the first place. I think the family should be charged for all the emergency vehicles, helicopters, etc that were resourced for this emergency!

Helium is not flammable, hydrogen is flammable.

 

[lilpony]

Have either of the parents spoken with the press yet?

 

[STEADFAST]

(actually it was just arithmetic, not math...)

That's what I meant to say.

 

[Celt1997]

WTH is this about a TV show called "Wife Swap"? Is there such a show? If so I'm more sure than ever about my decision to only used the damned thing for movies. And Top Gear.

Actually Wife Swap is one of those guilty pleasure shows. It's great to see Moms get put into other peoples' families and watch everyone squirm. The religious nut put into a family of atheists??? Priceless.

 

[momtective]

Basket was not breached...does not appear anyone could have fallen out of it. per HLN

 

[Linda7NJ]

YouTube - Wife Swap Heene boys Not Pussified music video

uke: Wow...that's real classy.

 

[not_my_kids]

I'm leaving for a store run.

I'll be back and praying that he was just hiding somewhere. I'm not too jaded to hope.

 

[Mazama]

The boy's father Richard Heene is a known storm chaser. During an appearance on the television program WifeSwap, Heene and his wife, Mayumi, focused on their love of science.

http://www.9news.com/news/article.aspx?storyid=125161&catid=339



The Denver Post writes that Richard Heene is a storm chaser, an amateur scientist and is part of a duo called the Psyience Detectives along with former TV weatherman Scott Stevens. The two began a project in which they researched how to better predict storm movements.


http://www.myfoxdetroit.com/dpp/new...con_heene_boy_in_balloon_lwf_20091015_4063208

Maz

:cow:

 

[Julessleuther]

:innocent: Opps! You are correct! Duh!!!

Helium is not flammable, hydrogen is flammable.

 

[SheWhoMustNotBeNamed]

Gotta go back to work. Will continue praying that Falcon is safe somewhere.

 

[nursebeeme]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8309818.stm
video of the balloon landing in the field at this link

 

[Julessleuther]

That is exactly what I was thinking of!

Helium is inert. Hydrogen - think Hindenburg - is very flammable.