Every year, during the months of June and July a sad ritual is repeated. Organized criminals produce big hot air baloons, made of fine paper and heated by open fire, and relase them free into the air. The inevitable consequence is, that these blind, incendiary time-bombs fall randomly onto houses or into the forest and cause great damage to life and environment, not seldomly even casualities.Yesterday they striked again, almost causing a great tragedy. This time, they almost burned my good friend Guy's house. I can only imagine the anxiety they went through, fearing for the safety of their new born son. Their house is the closest near to the line of fire. The picture above is taken from the website of daily newspaper OGlobo. It shows the Morro dos Cabritos, in the middle of a residential area around our beautiful Lagoon - Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas, in the heart of Rio de Janeiro.
These bold criminals are organized and even have an official web site. The word goes, that the organization is covered by high ranked officials from the Police- and, Fire-Department, and even judges. These pictures were taken from their site. They boldly display logos and generously distribute information to promote their deeds.
As you can see in the picture above, they even "adorn" their paper ballons with little candles on the outside, literally producing a time trigger for the calamity. I can only hope that someone has the balls to stop and arrest these stupid, vicious madmen!
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