Hot air balloons are awesome. I took my dad for a balloon ride for his 60th birthday. We were warned in advance that if it was too windy, the ride would be cancelled. It wasn't just because being the balloon is steered entirely by the wind - and a really windy day could mean capsizing. But it's also because the balloons are powered by fire. Fire + wind = bigger, uncontrollable fire.
You get 15 hot air balloons all tethered on a single polo field, all fired up to keep them up (that's HOW they manage to be up in the first place) - and a really heavy gusty windy day, and you end up with a lot of fire. And a lot of dead people. And no polo grounds, and possibly no neighborhood.
It's the nature of the beast, and you should be thankful that the company producing this is taking every precaution to ensure the safety of everyone involved.
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