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triceratopsyesterday at 6:58 PM2 repliesview on HN

> it would be quite the sci-fi future if we filled party balloons by bombarding hydrogen

How dangerous are party balloons filled with hydrogen? Not a whole balloon arch obviously.


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generusotoday at 1:24 AM

There are many cases in the news of accidents with sometimes a large number of party balloons filled with hydrogen or other flammable gases.

One of the larger episodes was in 2012 in Armenia, where thousands of balloons exploded during a meeting, injuring 154 people, of which 4 seriously (the video is of poor quality): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWEm2sS7Dw8

A smaller, more recent episode in India: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FH5JwHeKnZo

jandreseyesterday at 7:00 PM

I had a science teacher that did this in class, then taped a match on the end of a yardstick and held it under the balloon. They made quite a bang. I wouldn't want to be right next to it when it went off.

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