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Warning: Sky lanterns are so not cool

The uninitiated often mistake sky lanterns for distress flares.

December 30, 2016
Shona Aylward 1 minute read
Photo By NSRI. File Photo of a Sky Lantern at Bakoven

THE NSRI is appealing to the public to not release sky lanterns as these are easily confused with distress flares.

Why you should not set off a sky lantern?

* Eye-witness reports of distress flares sighted around the coastline require the NSRI and the emergency services to launch a full scale search and rescue operation without hesitation.

*Even when the sighting may later be confirmed to have been sky lanterns a search operation can continue for quite some time until it can be absolutely confirmed that no persons or craft at sea may be in any difficulty.

* Sky lanterns pose an additional danger of being a fire hazard and this year that risk is greater because drought conditions have rendered open areas to be more dry and more susceptible to fire than normal.

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December 30, 2016
Shona Aylward 1 minute read

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Shona Aylward is a vastly experienced journalist working as a senior reporter. Aside from her extensive community involvement and story writing, she is also involved in creative page layout, and the various media platforms. Shona began her career with Caxton at the Southlands Sun. Previous to this she worked in the marketing industry for surf magazines. Shona is a renown 'greenie' and champions environmental causes. She is also Mom to a number of dogs and cats, and the occasional uninvited snake. When she can find some spare time, it's usually to the beach that she heads.
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