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May 10, 2023

004 Balloonfest '86

004 Balloonfest '86
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Disaster Hour

Liv tells Ian about the time United Way of Cleveland held a fundraising event that released over a million balloons. Sadly, the fundraiser was a failure, resulting in the death of two men and an unprecedented amount of public destruction.

Ian has questions about Drew Carey. Liv wants ice cream.






Sources used:

1. Balloonfest: Encyclopedia of cleveland history: Case western reserve university. Encyclopedia of Cleveland History | Case Western Reserve University. (2021, January 1). Retrieved May 4, 2023, from: https://case.edu/ech/articles/b/balloonfest#:~:text=%22BALLOONFEST%20'86%22%20was%20held,by%20a%20corps%20of%20volunteers

2. Kushins, J. (2014, April 22). Chat with the man who unleashed 1.5 million balloons on Cleveland. Gizmodo. Retrieved May 4, 2023, from: https://gizmodo.com/ask-the-project-manager-for-cleveland-s-crazy-balloonf-1566255102

3. McCormack, S. (2014, April 24). Releasing 1.5 million balloons into the air is a bad idea. HuffPost. Retrieved May 4, 2023, from: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/millions-of-balloons-cleveland_n_5206936