ANOTHER BOUNCY HOUSE TAKES OFF – HITS POWER LINES

In Niagara Falls on Saturday, a bounce house took flight from a family’s yard and soared on the wind until eventually colliding with some power lines. The rented bounce house was being used for a birthday party when a gust of wind carried the inflatable structure away. No children were inside. A video captured by the family shows the bounce house flying high into the air. “Is everyone accounted for?” a woman asks. The bounce house can then be seen flying toward some power lines and a transmission tower. “It’s going to hit the power lines!” a man’s voice says. The man proves correct, and the bounce house strikes the power lines, setting off a flurry of sparks. Workers were able to temporarily shut off power and remove the house from the power lines. Michael Gersitz, owner of Buffalo Bounce House Rentals, said the bounce house likely was not adequately anchored. “I’m willing to bet that it wasn’t properly secured just because I’ve done thousands of rentals and I have never had one problem. Either that or some sort of crazy wind gust, but I highly doubt that, most of the time when they’re properly secured there’s no problem and you know it’s a fun amusement device for kids,” Gersitz said.
* “It can’t fly away and electrocute your kids, is what I’m trying to say about the business I own.”
* Sorry, but saying “most of the time” there’s no problem is not good enough.
* It’s supposed to be a “bounce house,” not a “take off into the sky and hit power lines” house.
* I mean, if that was the name, less people would rent them.
* Probably.
* The key phrase in the whole story: “No children were inside.”
* Maybe we need to bounce these right out of business.
* What if there had been kids in it? And what if it sailed over Niagara Falls?
* Maybe whoever rents out these things has to secure it properly as part of the deal. I’m just trying to help here.