# Would you go in a... **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [September 30, 2007, 12:07am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/would-you-go-in-a/36174 "2007-09-30T00:07:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 46
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[quote=“RedDawg,post:30,topic:36174"”] my 2 cousins went in one 5 years ago, they both died when they hit an unexpected cold pocket of air and the balloon crashed. [/quote] lol at people thinking cold air will crash a hot air balloon hot air ballons work because the air inside them is hotter, and therefore LIGHTER then the cooler air around them, a cold pocket would cause the balloon to rise if anything, because hot light air rises over cold dense air now if they hit a pocket of incredibly hot air, then maybe, but it would have to be realy fricken hot, well past 250 °F, the surounding air would probably have to be well in excess of 300 degrees to have anything close to a “fast” fall from the sky at the temperature, the heat will kill you well before the balloon manages to crash luckily we dont have many 350° days around here 🙂 --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/would-you-go-in-a/36174)._