Popping one of those things destroys it. It costs in the neighborhood of $25,000 to replace one.
Yeah, and if a meteor or a satellite with a decaying orbit had fallen out of the sky it might have seriously hurt someone nearby, too.
Stupid comment of the thread award. If a meteor fell out of the sky, it wouldn't be this guy's doing. If he does something that is potentially harmful, unnecessarily, then he should be held accountable for it. Period. And one of those things exploding (they don't fill slowly like an air mattress) would kill someone standing on the ground under the door. Being killed by an emergency slide could ruin your whole afternoon.