Georgia’s visibility problem is not distance or wind. It is trees. Atlanta in particular is a forest with a city in it.
The canopy problem
Metro Atlanta has one of the highest tree canopy percentages of any large American city, and much of the rest of Georgia is similar.
That is lovely to live in and difficult to advertise in. Your monument sign is behind a pine. The road bends and the sight line closes. A driver has four seconds of visibility instead of twenty.
A balloon at 120 feet is above all of it. That is the specific reason this works here: not distance, but line of sight through and above the canopy.
Check the sight line, not the distance
Before you buy, drive the approach in both directions and note where your building actually becomes visible.
If the answer is a hundred yards out because of trees, that is your problem, and 120 feet of altitude fixes it. If the answer is half a mile because you are on an open commercial strip, a balloon adds less and you should think harder about whether it is worth $1,526.
We will happily talk that through with you rather than take the order either way.
Heat, humidity and sun
Georgia summers are hot, humid and bright. Humidity does nothing to a polyurethane balloon. Ultraviolet light is the ageing factor, and polyurethane handles it far better than the PVC used at the cheap end.
What heat does affect slightly is lift, because warm air is less dense. It is a small effect outdoors on a tether and not worth worrying about.
Storms
The usual rule: over 25 miles per hour forecast, bring it in. Georgia gets fast-building summer thunderstorms much like Florida, though less reliably daily.
Spring severe weather is the one to watch. If a line is coming through, take it down early and box it rather than judging it from the parking lot.
Ask for a quote. Call 1-800-791-1445 or email [email protected] and tell us the size and whether you want it printed.
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