not something you want to see at a hot air balloon festival!

so this weekend we went to the Groningen Hot Air Balloon festival.
weather was questionable, but after waiting a while for weather reports they finally decided to launch.
apparently the festival was also at a smaller park this year, which some think also added to the incident.

the weather was cloudy with periods of mist, and a bit of wind.
the 2nd balloon that took off actually got caught by a gust of wind as it tried to take off.
unfortunately the balloon couldn't get a good start and hit a fence.
it didn't actually crash though, and was able to finally go up.
i didn't see it actually hit the fence cuz there were too many spectators crowded around me.
we were on the other side of the field from where it happened.

here's a link to the news article i found about it.
RTV Noord - Noord Nieuws - Kardinge te klein voor Ballonfi�sta



apparently someone even had to be taken to the hospital after getting hit on the head during the incident.
i didn't know about that till i read the news article.

i've posted my other pics on facebook.
too lazy to post them twice, and no one ever comments here anyway.

seems like there's more action on facebook these days.
maybe i'm finally not addicted to bluecrack anymore?
i hardly ever read the forums too.

and i guess y'all are still anxiously waiting for me to post my U2 pics too.
well like i said, i'm too lazy to post them twice.
if you wanna see them, send me a PM with your email and i'll add you to my facebook.
you can see them there.