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Big Blimp Crash!

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On March 3rd, 2025, a U.S. Customs and Border Protection surveillance blimp (a Tethered Aerostat Radar System) broke free from its mooring in South Padre Island due to a severe wind event. The thing went rogue, drifting nearly 600 miles across the state before crashing into power lines in Hunt County, about 30 miles east of Dallas, on March 4th.

This wasn’t just a quiet float away either This event caused some real chaos. The blimp, roughly 200 feet long and filled with helium, got tangled in power lines, knocked out electricity in spots and even damaged a family’s roof on its way down. Locals in Quinlan, where it finally landed, were baffled at first, mistaking it for a hot air balloon or some random tarp.

It took a 60 ton rotator crane and a couple of hours to untangle the mess from the power lines, with federal agents and local fire crews scratching their heads over the whole ordeal.

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All Aboard!

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Just a few days ago, on February 28th, 2025, three fishermen (Dean Harrison, Milton Brookland, and Austyn Holbrow) were out on a 16 foot boat near “Hole in the Rock” off New Zealand’s North Island.

They were chasing some kingfish when, out of nowhere, a 900 pound bottlenose dolphin launched itself into the air and crash landed right in their boat. Harrison said it was like “lightning striking” as one second it’s calm, the next there’s a thrashing 11 foot sea mammal snapping every fishing rod and denting the bow.

The trio clung to the sides as the dolphin went berserk, tossing gear everywhere. One guy got a grazed arm, but miraculously, no one (the dolphin included) was seriously hurt.

They couldn’t just toss it back due to its size, so they hosed it down, draped it with a damp All Blacks towel and motored an hour to a boat ramp where conservation folks were waiting.

The dolphin, later named Tohu (Maori for “sign”), got checked out and released back into the water. Boat took a beating, but it didn’t sink. Harrison called it a close call and it could’ve been a lot worse if that 900 pound projectile had landed differently.

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Tired Of Waiting!

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An 11 year old kid in Independence, Missouri, got fed up waiting for his mom while she was picking up his siblings from Count on Me Academy daycare.

It was around 4 p.m. on Wednesday, February 19th, near MO 291 and 23rd Street.

The mom left the car running with the kid inside, and he decided to take matters into his own hands. He hopped into the driver’s seat, thinking he’d put it in reverse to leave, but instead slammed it right into the daycare building.

No one got hurt (lucky break there) and the damage was mostly to the wall and a window, which got pushed in pretty good.

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