on real time weather data parade morning and not forecasts. so it's not helpful to discuss it now. it was a topic of discussion and concern for new york city police. >> so we've had several meetings, i have a meeting today on it. we have instruments that give us the cross wind measurements. we've done a lot of training on this. >> reporter: both city and parade officials have learned from past wind related balloon accidents in that 1997, a woman spent horn three weeks in a coma after the cat in a hat balloon struck a light pole which hit her. in 2005, two more were hurt in a similar accident involving the m and m's balloon. now improved weather monitoring dweess are along the parade route and police sergeant assigned to each balloon. balloons like snoopy and woodstock and an updated sponge bob are ready to fly. but even about they don't, this family will not be disappointed.