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From: lau@sdics.ucsd.EDU (Stephen Lau)
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: Re: Does Turning off PC's everyday do any real damage?
Message-ID: <478@sdics.ucsd.EDU>
Date: 19 Mar 88 03:18:22 GMT
References: <1727@ssc-vax.UUCP> <640001@hpcvlx.HP.COM> <7723@oberon.USC.EDU>
Organization: Institute for Cognitive Science, UC San Diego
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Summary: attack of the mylar balloons revisited

In article <7723@oberon.USC.EDU>, mlinar@eve.usc.edu (Mitch Mlinar) writes:
> In article <640001@hpcvlx.HP.COM> ben@hpcvlx.HP.COM (Benjamin Ellsworth) writes:
> >
> >A "mylar balloon attack?"
> >
> 
> My reference to "mylar balloon attack" goes back to this past summer when
> a whole bunch of mylar balloons were released during some promo.  The
> electric co. had to reset something like 8 trip switches that day due to 
> mylar balloons getting caught in the power lines.  Naturally, the balloons

[...]

I think the promo you are mentioning was the '84 Olmypic games in LA. During
the opening ceremony, about 100 (?) very large mylar balloons were let loose
causing spot power outages all over Los Angeles. So. Cal. Edison said that the
size of the balloons didn't matter and that any size mylar baloon could cause
a power outage. 

Just when you thought it was safe to have a balloon....

Stehen Lau
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