A LITTLE LATER. ALL RIGHT. THAT’S BREAKING NEWS. THE NEW ORLEANS CITY COUNCIL HAS BANNED MYLAR BALLOON RELEASES. IT COMES AS THE BALLOONS HAVE CAUSED MAJOR PROBLEMS FOR THE CITY’S ELECTRICAL ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

How balloon releases in Louisiana can hurt animals, cause power outages Entergy Louisiana has raised alarms about Mylar balloons, which are metallic and can cause dangerous electrical surges or ...

This is the second incident of a power outage this week reportedly caused by a metallic Mylar balloon. On Tuesday, Entergy New Orleans said a Mylar balloon hit a power line and caused the power ...

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 ...

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — More than 2,000 Entergy New Orleans customers were briefly without power after a Mylar balloon caused an outage on Sunday, Oct. 6. According to a social media post from the ...

It’s called The Mylar Balloon Project Art Exhibit and it’s inspired by Teresa collecting mylar balloons from a very small shoreline in Little Compton over the past four years. She has taken ...

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 ...

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 ...