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+tagline=Balloon used as test for this year's Macy's Parade |
-blurb=If you were in New York City this morning and noticed a giant Pikachu scooting up and down Broadway, don't worry you're not losing it. }}
+blurb=The Pikachu balloon from last year's [[wp:Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade|Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade]] was given a test run Monday to examine movement in high winds. }}
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-If you were in New York City this morning and noticed a giant Pikachu scooting up and down Broadway, don't worry you're not losing it.
+The Pikachu balloon from last year's [[wp:Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade|Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade]] was used by Macy's and New York City's Office of Emergency Management on Monday to test flight patterns in high winds.
-The city's Office of Emergency Management and Macy's used the parade float from last year's Thanksgiving Day parade to test flight patterns in high winds.
+The balloon, chosen due to its average size, bobbed along between 20 and 30 feet above the ground in wind gusts up to 20 mph, during which photos and video footage were captured to be examined by engineers and parade experts.
-The tests are part of a task force examining parade float procedures. The task force was formed after two people were injured in last year's parade when a balloon knocked out a light fixture, injuring two sisters.
+The tests are part of a task force examining parade float procedures. This task force was formed after two sisters were injured in last year's parade when an M&Ms balloon knocked off part of a street lamp.
-I'm not sure why they had to drag Nintendo into it, I mean last year's unprovoked balloon attack was caused by a giant M&M. They should have had a big ass Snickers or Hershey's bar inciting the homeless into raving lunacy today, not a Pokemon. —Brian Crecente
+==Additional source==
+[http://tinyurl.com/g4v4v Balloon Tested in Wind for Macy's Parade (New York Sun)]