Q: I read that there is a limited supply of helium, which is important for MRI machines and other industrial uses. So why do we waste it filling party balloons? Although helium is the second most ...
SCRANTON, Pa. — When Newswatch 16 was hanging out with the Scranton Santa Parade committee earlier this week, organizers told us there would be no helium balloons this year because of a shortage of ...
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- What's a special birthday party without balloons? That's what Juanita Chapman, of Wilkins Township, thought as she planned her husband's special celebration. "It's his 50th, and I ...
That MRI you got in the hospital and the "Get Well Soon" balloon Aunt Sally tied to your recovery bed have something in common. Both rely on helium, and shaky supplies of the lighter-than-air gas are ...
Hearts are heavy these days in the world of lighter-than-air helium balloons. A helium shortage is making balloon prices rise faster than a helium balloon itself after a kid lets it go. "I don't want ...
Watching helium gas lift balloons into the air is a lot of fun — or perhaps a tragedy if that balloon belonged to a small child who let it go. And, who hasn’t sipped the helium gas from a balloon and ...
Here's what most of us know about helium: It lets balloons float into the sky even after you said to hold on tight, and it can make our voices sound really high and squeaky. All of which could make ...
In announcing earlier this month that 45 Party City stores will close, CEO James M. Harrison also remarked on the company’s financial shortfalls in balloon sales, blaming the ongoing helium shortage.