Entergy New Orleans, which supplies electricity in the city, said a floating Mylar balloon struck a power line near the water ...

Static electricity is a build up of electric ... or deflect a stream of water, even though only the balloon has been electrically charged. Step 1 - Open a tap very slightly so there is only ...

An errant balloon was the cause of strife instead ... The utility's online outage map showed as many as 2,069 customers without electricity at noon Saturday.