In 1986 the poor people of Cleveland Ohio had the brilliant idea of filling 1 million 5 hundred thousand balloons with helium and then releasing them over the city, all in the name of charity. While the filling up of said balloons looks to have been an amazing, exciting experience.. the release didn’t go so swimmingly. Just as the colorful spheres were let go a storm blew into downtown and promptly bitch slapped all those shimmery blobs right back down! Two people were killed and one horse was traumatized so much that it’s owner was rewarded $100000 (yes- ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS). But really, if this were to happen today, imagine the art it would inspire! Helium filled art everywhere. Christo would get in on this for sure.
via Lost at E Minor