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To: jiggyboy
"North Dakota! It'd never make it to the coast."

The Japanese balloon bombs used in WWII were released from the Island of Honshu and were designed to travel 5,000 miles...they were found as far east as Michigan. I would imagine the materials used for the cell phone balloons would be somewhat more sophisticated and durable than those employed by the Japanese over 60 years ago...

37 posted on 01/31/2006 6:13:01 AM PST by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum.)
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To: Joe 6-pack

Such baloon-carried explosives were the only (reported) casualties on the US mainland during WWII, I believe.

Family camping in the woods in California went and looked at one.


38 posted on 01/31/2006 6:48:44 AM PST by MeanWestTexan (Many at FR would respond to Christ "Darn right, I'll cast the first stone!")
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