Are Sky Lanterns Legal in Texas 2020

Costa Rican health authorities ban sky lanterns The Tico Times – November 2015 „Fire reported shortly after midnight on New Year`s Eve completely destroyed two homes and damaged others` Vancouver Lantern Festival lights up at night, leaves garbage on the day Global News – February 2014”. spent more than an hour cleaning the lanterns, but could not reach dozens of them stuck high in the trees… Some people are led to believe that celestial lanterns are environmentally friendly. As you can see in this photo, this is not true. Dead owl found trapped in a Chinese lantern. National Association of State Fire Marshals Recommend Ban on Sky Lanterns FireMarshals.org – March 2013 „National Association of State Fire Marshals Resolution on the Fire Hazard from Sky Lanterns and Recommendation to Impose State Bans on Their Sale and Use” Yes Candace, these things should be illegal for all occasions. They light far too many fires. Would you still be for them if someone burned your house? N.H. However, they blow where the wind takes them and can cause fires if they land on something flammable. Maine law does not permit the use, sale, or possession of celestial lanterns in the state. Waste in natural habitats: Lanterns pose a risk to wildlife and natural habitat because of the waste they leave behind.

Wildlife and livestock can be trapped in a worn lantern or accidentally consume parts of the lantern. These lanterns even have the potential to damage state- and federally protected assets. Are sky lanterns illegal in Texas? Background: Chapter 2154 of the Professional Code states that all fireworks sold in Texas must be listed by the U.S. Department of Transportation. Celestial lanterns, also known as kongming lanterns or wish lanterns, are not classified as fireworks by the American DOT. Fire Marshals Want to Ban Sky Lanterns USA Today – November 2013 „The U.S. Association of Fire Marshals has passed a resolution calling on states to ban the sale and use of sky lanterns. Sullivan said fire officials want a law „mainly for the fact that if you turn them on and send them, it`s an open fire that you send.” He added, „If these things fall, will these people clean up the mess they leave behind?” Thai authorities threaten Sky Lantern fans with the death penalty The Guardian – November 2014 „Some airlines have cancelled flights and others have changed their flight schedules during the festival. Bangkok has taken 2,000 police officers to the streets and set up checkpoints, with parts of the city banning the sale of fireworks and lanterns, according to the Bangkok Post. Celestial lanterns (Chinese paper lanterns) are not environmentally friendly BBC News – October 2011 „An owl was apparently found dead after getting entangled in a Chinese lantern on a farm in Gloucestershire.” Yes! If you think about it, the fireworks are the same.

These are open flames that can hit homes and cause fires, but they say, „Banish floating lanterns! They are more dangerous than fireworks than exploding! Fire Sheds Light on Illegal Chinese Lanterns Post Bulletin – July 2013 „The fire damaged the rubber membrane of the roof, which shone when firefighters arrived around 9:20 p.m.,” Mueller said. Employees of the department recovered the lanterns from the roof; Several others were found nearby, he said. The FAA has raised concerns about the use of floating lanterns because they can be sucked into aircraft engines. After launching, they are completely out of control and can climb to 3,000 feet and later land on the ground, in trees or on structures. They lit roofs and started a fire that burned 800 acres in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, in 2011. In May 2015, dozens of celestial lanterns were released from Carolina Speedway in Gastonia, North Carolina. The wind blew some of them into a cell phone tower and ignited it just outside the range of the water cannon of the Union Road Fire Department volunteer fire truck. California State Fire Marshal Information Bulletin: Sky Lanterns California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection – June 2012 „There is a serious fire and safety risk associated with Sky Lanterns that includes the ability to ignite an unintentional fire on or off the property from which they will be released.” Farmer calls for a ban on lanterns after dying cow newmarket Journal – June 2013 „The metal frame got stuck around her lungs and slowly infected her internal organs.

After developing gangrene, which left her in unbearable pain and threatened both her life and that of her unborn premature calf, she gave birth in a hurry, knowing that she was only a few days away from death. People named for using incendiary balloons that could have started a wildfire Forest fire Today – July 15, 2015 A fireball is the alleged cause of a wildfire that broke out just before midnight Tuesday night on Y-Mountain near Provo, Utah. These dangerous devices, which use a small burning object to inflate and beat a plastic or paper balloon, are also called celestial lanterns and Chinese lanterns. Celestial lanterns are sometimes used to celebrate a new year, a wedding, or they are thrown just for hell. I have a problem with the logic of banning sky lanterns and fireworks while allowing companies to sell them in the state in which they are banned! If they make them illegal, the companies that sell them should stop selling them. PERIOD! They don`t make people aware that celestial lanterns are illegal, and then they punish you for using them?! SURE! WELL, THE LITTLE MAN, BECAUSE HE DROPPED HER OFF, BUT DON`T DO ANYTHING FOR THE COMPANY SHE SELLS! THAT MAKES PERFECT SENSE!!!!!!!! It is quite logical!!! Farmer gets compensation after Red Nose Day balloon kills cow The Telegraph – May 2011 „Agricultural and conservation groups are calling for a ban on the mass release of Chinese balloons and lanterns because of the deadly threat they pose to livestock and other wildlife. The thin thread it contained had pierced his esophagus. She had spent 48 long and painful hours choking on her own food. A mother calls for a ban on Chinese lanterns after her three-year-old son was burned by melted wax around the campfire at night Mail Online – November 2010 „It`s not thought his eyes are damaged, but doctors will re-examine him later this week to see if he will be permanently marked.

Cael`s mother called for a ban on lanterns, saying, „I want people to realize how dangerous they are.” Flintshire councillors call for ban on Chinese lanterns Daily Post UK – September 2011 „A grandfather joins calls for a ban on Chinese lanterns after his grandson was burned almost alive by one of them. She was far enough away and ran just in time to pull the lantern from her son`s tent where she had landed while she was still on fire” Sky Lanterns – Fire Danger Falls from the Sky Moraga-Orinda Fire District, California – July 2013 „The Moraga-Orinda Fire District prohibits the use of sky lanterns. People who use Celestial Lanterns with a resulting fire may be held financially liable for all firefighting costs in addition to property damage or medical expenses resulting from injuries resulting from the fire. „Demand to ban the flight of Chinese lanterns because cows are killed by them” Three cows in Guernsey suffered horrific deaths because they had eaten wire from celestial lanterns. Flying lanterns float in the fields and are crushed with grain for animal feed. This means that the feed contains 2-inch strips of wire that cause internal bleeding in cows. (UPDATE: On February 18, 2016, the Nebraska Legislature passed a law that would ban celestial lanterns in the state by a 44-0 vote. The governor signed it and made Nebraska the 30th state to ban dangerous devices.) Ludington Fire Chief: www.shorelinemedia.net/ludington_daily_news/news/local/article_c5a8530e-4650-11e3-90b2-0019bb2963f4.html Illegal Sky lanterns in Ohio: fox8.com/2015/07/02/police-remind-residents-before-holiday-weekend-that-sky-lanterns-are-illegal-in-ohio/Â (The map above is our estimate, based on internet research, of states that ban sky lanterns. We do not claim that it is 100% correct and assume no responsibility for how it may be used.) Entire countries have banned the use of sky lanterns, including Argentina, Austria, Australia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, New Zealand, Spain, Germany and parts of Canada.