the floats down this way, tom turkey over here. this is a massive undertaking as well. 8,000 people it takes to put this thing together. these are just some of the police staging right now. and the balloons. this one right in front, this is astronaut snappy. this is the 40th iteration of snoopy in the 90 times the parade has gone. they hope it will be one of the new balloons flying today. right now wind conditions are i m shocked at how little wind there is. as you go down the parade route and cross those intersections, get big gusts of wind. they want to avoid what happened in 1997 when a balloon hit a light post and debris came down, critically injured a woman. she was in a coma for a month. 23 miles per hour. if the wind is over that, they won t fly.
they have 40 people below each balloon. it s how high you can let the balloon go up in the air. let loose of 50 feet of rope? that won t happen tomorrow or tether it lower to the ground? that s the likely scenario. i think the balloons will probably go. there are official limits. years ago a woman was injured because a balloon hit a light post and it knocked over. they have limits. if have a sustain wind over 24 miles per hour they won t put the balloons up. things are trending throughout the day today. the weather, we have this live picture in utah, in salt lake city. we talk about it. look out. it s coming down. utah and colorado and a bunch of states. i am always an optimist. the western part of the u.s. is
topping 34, the balloons are going to be grounded. that would be the first time since 1971. stricter rules went into effect after a balloon hit a lamp post back in 1997, seriously injuring a woman. meteorologist jeff berardelli has the update on what we can expect as of right now. hello, jeff. hey, david, and good evening, everybody. i don t want to disappoint the kids, or anybody else for that matter, but it s going to be a very close call. take a look at this storm. winds right now across the great lakes, gusting over 40, close to 50 miles an hour. and tomorrow, up and down the eastern seaboard, especially the northeast, winds will be gusting close to 40 miles an hour. big storm blowing up right off the eastern seaboard as we zoom into new york city. watch the wind. at 8:00 a.m., we re okay. winds are gusting to 27. but right when the parade , get past that 34- mile-an-hour threshold. so for the parade, it is possible we may have to bring those balloons close to the ground. this is
that nicotine is addictive. the company promises to appeal. both variety and the l.a. times reports that actor james garner died. he was best known for two iconic series, maverick and the rockford files. we do not know a cause of death but james garner was 86. look at this. a hot air balloon crash caught on camera saturday in clinton, massachusetts. you can hear the people screaming. wow. according to cnn affiliate, the passengers in the balloon were waving and taking pictures when the balloon hit a power line during the decent. all six passengers survived. but five of them suffered minor to serious burns in what you see this huge flash, possibly when the propane tank hit those power lines. hope they are all doing okay.
in egypt were killed when a hot air balloon burst into flames and plummeted to the ground. and last year, 11 people were killed in new zealand when a balloon exploded after striking a power line. accidents have been pretty welcome back to new day. common at this event in indra petersons is here with what you need to know before you albuquerque. a local station says a balloon head out the door this morning. hit a power pole saturday and what can we expect. then on sunday, another one hit i wish i could say good news some power lines. but unfortunately i m getting both managed to land safely. yelled at a lot this morning. we are happy to report. it all has to do with the rain but when it s bad news, it s really bad news. heading our way or depending it looks so scary. where you are, is already there. it s a slow-moving system. couldn t imagine being in it. exactly. from far away it s scary, get comfortable with this guy. it s your new friend as you go imagine being there.