A
Alarm
Blame Labour, they gave the Chinese passports........................
Chinese lanterns
- Thread starter sooey
- Start date
Sponsored Links
L
LooPrEvil
It is quite obvious why not as many chineses lanterns were successfully deployed in the uk on news years eve.
It is all a matter of physics. Hot air raises, however the average temp across the uk at midnight was over 10 degrees c, this would mean the lanterns would really need an additional source of heat to help them raise above the already warm air. Also some areas were very damp which would waterlog the paper lantern, making them to heavy to rise.
Last year the temps were in the minus's hence they 'lifted' with ease.
It is all a matter of physics. Hot air raises, however the average temp across the uk at midnight was over 10 degrees c, this would mean the lanterns would really need an additional source of heat to help them raise above the already warm air. Also some areas were very damp which would waterlog the paper lantern, making them to heavy to rise.
Last year the temps were in the minus's hence they 'lifted' with ease.
Where I live we do see them in the sky but we also have a ground based lantern event. I voluntered to act as a marshal this year for the parade of close to a hundred lanterns.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ctqik7MD0s&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ctqik7MD0s&feature=related
Sponsored Links
Just spotted on BBC Cornwall website that a chinese lantern had set fire to a garden shed. If it had not been spotted the fire would have spread to the house. Do we have to wait for deaths before these revolving things are banned. Where are the elf & safety zealots.
Didn,t Mr Blobby have a spotted shed?
I have seen them but don't know much about them, are they all made the same way? is it a candle etc?
New Year eve
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/a...en-wax-lantern-makes-remarkable-recovery.html
Chinese lantern accidents in 2010
Chinese sky lanterns can be very dangerous. In 2010 there were several young children who suffered Chinese lantern related injury though no fault of their own, and faulty product liability claims could have been pursued.
A three-year-old boy experienced terrible burns to his face, and was nearly blinded in one eye, when a lit candle holder fell from the sky, spilling hot oil onto his skin, as he and his family watched a lantern's release.
Another accident occurred when a boy of 11 years of age suffered burns to his mouth, neck and chest, when one of the lanterns the family had lit, fell from the sky and hit him. The boy was at risk of permanent scarring and the mother described how, just before the lantern fell, she saw the candle tip to one side as if broken.
New Year eve
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/a...en-wax-lantern-makes-remarkable-recovery.html
Chinese lantern accidents in 2010
Chinese sky lanterns can be very dangerous. In 2010 there were several young children who suffered Chinese lantern related injury though no fault of their own, and faulty product liability claims could have been pursued.
A three-year-old boy experienced terrible burns to his face, and was nearly blinded in one eye, when a lit candle holder fell from the sky, spilling hot oil onto his skin, as he and his family watched a lantern's release.
Another accident occurred when a boy of 11 years of age suffered burns to his mouth, neck and chest, when one of the lanterns the family had lit, fell from the sky and hit him. The boy was at risk of permanent scarring and the mother described how, just before the lantern fell, she saw the candle tip to one side as if broken.
We use them round here to send letters, more chance of them getting to the intended destination quicker than RM....
Sponsored Links
