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# poor thing!
yay!

did anyone here about that kid who was dragged 40 miles away by a helium balloon? Very dead :(
(I helped save b3ta! mother inferior - now fully in compliance with the Trades Descriptions Act, being both a mother and inferior, Mon 9 Jun 2003, 15:02, archived)
# That'll be
Mind Piss then :)
(I helped save b3ta! Canker, Mon 9 Jun 2003, 15:02, archived)
# Yeah
Scary :/
(OB1, Mon 9 Jun 2003, 15:03, archived)
# Yeah
and it's still making me giggle...
(I helped save b3ta! Ijon Tichy, Mon 9 Jun 2003, 15:04, archived)
# I was just thinking about that
I was actually quite upset about that. It must've been a horrific way to die.
(I helped save b3ta! thorpe www.voodootrombonequartet.com, Mon 9 Jun 2003, 15:04, archived)
# Thing is
I haven't seen anywhere that actually states HOW she died.

Frozen possibly?

Nasty :/
(I helped save b3ta! Canker, Mon 9 Jun 2003, 15:05, archived)
# more likely
asphyxiation, due to the lower air pressure... combined with the cold, but I don't think cold would be the prime factor - too low for really freezing temperatures.
(I helped save b3ta! JustHere4Coffee remembers when all o' this were car parks, Mon 9 Jun 2003, 15:06, archived)
# Hmm dunno
If you're high enough to lose oxygen then you're definitely high enough to freeze

*EDIT* Consider a climber up mount everest. They can still breathe (albeit with difficulty) but the temperature is way below freezing.
(I helped save b3ta! Canker, Mon 9 Jun 2003, 15:07, archived)
# a combination
of the both.
(martian, Mon 9 Jun 2003, 15:17, archived)
# Don't
they have oxy-ten masks though?
(I helped save b3ta! Mr Spleen Can do better. C-, Mon 9 Jun 2003, 15:18, archived)
# Yeah
But only to aid their breathing because they're exerting a lot of energy.
They don't actually need it to survive.
What they do need though is lots of warm clothing :)
(I helped save b3ta! Canker, Mon 9 Jun 2003, 15:22, archived)
# Just a bit of additional info
Here

Temperature drops much more quickly than air pressure in the atmosphere.

/pedant
(I helped save b3ta! Canker, Mon 9 Jun 2003, 15:30, archived)
# it sounds horrendous
how long would the kid have stayed alive whilst travelling 40 miles? Did he/she die of shock or did the fall kill him/her? Very nasty
(I helped save b3ta! mother inferior - now fully in compliance with the Trades Descriptions Act, being both a mother and inferior, Mon 9 Jun 2003, 15:07, archived)
#
She didn't fall. She was found 100 metres from the balloon.
(I helped save b3ta! Canker, Mon 9 Jun 2003, 15:08, archived)
# Balloons?
Painful death? I suspect clowns are involved somewhere along the line...
(I helped save b3ta! Baz Fuck off, Mon 9 Jun 2003, 15:13, archived)
# gah!
I should've known it was them
(I helped save b3ta! mother inferior - now fully in compliance with the Trades Descriptions Act, being both a mother and inferior, Mon 9 Jun 2003, 15:15, archived)
# Don't know
Doesn't say in any new articles.
She was probably disentangled when the balloon crashed.

*EDIT* oops replied to wrong thread
(I helped save b3ta! Canker, Mon 9 Jun 2003, 15:20, archived)
# It really is very nasty indeed
but I can't help myself...40 miles by balloon...pffft!
(I helped save b3ta! Ijon Tichy, Mon 9 Jun 2003, 15:09, archived)
# disclaimer
can I just say I started that last night.
i don't wanna go to hell!
(I helped save b3ta! Zak McFlimby Twibbling @McFlimby, Mon 9 Jun 2003, 15:09, archived)
# it's OK
at least percy doesn't get hurt :)
(I helped save b3ta! mother inferior - now fully in compliance with the Trades Descriptions Act, being both a mother and inferior, Mon 9 Jun 2003, 15:13, archived)
# there's a don herztfeldt reference
to be made somewhere in here...
(KnitWit, Mon 9 Jun 2003, 15:16, archived)
# why not just
let go?
or was that too simple?
(icedragon, Mon 9 Jun 2003, 15:35, archived)