Aug. 7 (UPI) --Large portions of New Orleans and Algiers Point Wednesday were under boil water advisories after a mylar balloon hit a power line Tuesday night, causing the Carrollton water plant ...

In 2021, a Mylar balloon that floated into a substation caused a massive power outage in Gentilly. More recently in 2023, Entergy, the city's main energy provider, said Mylar confetti shot from a ...

The New Orleans ban on Mylar and other foil balloon brands is more permissive than other cities such as Las Vegas, which bans all helium releases. New Orleans only bans releases of balloons filled ...

NEW ORLEANS — New Orleans residents can no longer use Mylar balloons during balloon releases. On Thursday, the City Council voted to ban them from being released because of their history of ...

“Don’t let the balloon that you blow up be the reason we have an electric blowout.” Entergy demonstrated how polyester film used to make Mylar balloons, and other brands like them, can cause ...

Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — A mylar balloon can take out the power and pollute the environment. WGNO’s LBJ took a look at ...

Entergy says a Mylar balloon knocked out power, causing the citywide boil water advisory. You see Mylar balloons released into the sky during a memorial service, sometimes one may slip away from ...

Entergy New Orleans said a mylar balloon struck a power line near the Carrollton Water Treatment Plant around 7 p.m. Tuesday. A company spokesperson told NBC affiliate WDSU of New Orleans that it ...

Power has been restored in the area, and Entergy says the cause of the outage was a Mylar balloon. This is the second time a Mylar balloon has caused an outage in New Orleans. In August ...

Embarcadero Media file photo. More than 1,200 customers were without power in the Barron Park neighborhood after a Mylar balloon hit power lines near Gunn High School on Wednesday morning ...

About 2,400 people on Milwaukee's east side were briefly without power Tuesday night after a Mylar balloon came into contact with a power line, We Energies spokesperson Brendan Conway told the ...