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Old 08-25-2013, 08:20 AM   #1
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We had a neighbor who sent up many of them a few weekends ago. At first, I was worried about the fire hazard. But they do rise quickly, and continue rising until all the "fuel" (waxed paper as I understand it) is burned out.

I was told that they are made of all biodegradable materials.

They do look very pretty against a post-sunset sky.
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Old 08-25-2013, 12:18 PM   #2
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With the complete lack rain lately I hope one doesn't malfunction. We sure don't need what is going on out west. Up in Suissevale I worry about all the people lighting of fireworks as well.
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Old 08-25-2013, 04:10 PM   #3
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Oh . . . here it is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVr0M7WCBu4
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Old 08-27-2013, 02:55 PM   #4
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My Brother-in-law launched some of these last seasons in Maine. I asked about the aspect of bio-degradability. It seems that some of these are 100% compliant (no wire) and some are not.

They look really nice going up but best to find a vendor/model that has no wire as well as a calm night as they don’t like a breeze getting off the ground.
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Old 09-03-2013, 09:28 AM   #5
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We saw about 10 of them rising Sunday night on Paugus Bay. I thought the same thing about the fire hazard, my daughter wanted to know if something happened to Repunzel (kid movie reference).
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