NEW YORK -Astronaut Snoopy might not be cleared for take off. The famously buoyant SpongeBob SquarePants could wind up deflated and depressed. Olaf, the garrulous snowman from “Frozen,” could find himself melting into a heaping puddle on the pavement.
If the forecast for high winds holds, the most famous balloons in America, which float over Manhattan every Thanksgiving in the annual Macy’s parade, might get grounded this year.
(Sorry, kids! There’s always Disney Plus.)
Character balloons have been a staple of the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade since 1927. But as the holiday approaches, meteorologists are forecasting heavy winds and strong gusts that could keep the parade’s big balloons from taking flight.
Foul weather is threatening Thanksgiving celebrations across the country, including a storm dropping snow from Colorado to the Great Lakes and forecasts of hurricane-force winds on the West Coast.