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-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.
+New York City's Office of Emergency Management and Macy's used the Pikachu balloon from last year's [[wp:Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade|Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade]] 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 sisters were injured in last year's parade when a balloon knocked out a light fixture.
+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.
+==External link==
+[http://tinyurl.com/g4v4v Balloon Tested in Wind for Macy's Parade (New York Sun)]