[throwthere]

https://www.flightradar24.com/2f0ea6cf.

The balloon isn't on there, and the (presumed) fighter jets that are escorting it aren't either but you can see the fuel tankers.

[Ccecil]

I just went outside and watched the formation fly over. 4:35pst @ Coeur d'alene, ID.

How crazy...the future we live in.

[mastax]

Interesting, I see a fair number of French-named cities around Wisconsin but I didn't expect them as far west as Idaho.

[someemptyspace]

Reminder that the capital of Idaho, Boise, is (apochraphally) named for the trees (les bois) that surround the Boise river. French made it quite a ways west, and definitely made it as far as Idaho.

[milsorgen]

The story goes Owyhee County is named after Hawaii. It's a county southwest of the Boise Area and home to the most beautiful wilderness I have ever seen. There is nothing like hiking mile after mile out there under the hot summer sun never seeing another living soul... But I digress. The story goes some Hawaiian goat herders entered the area to try their luck and were never to be seen again and hence the name. Owyhee = Hawaii How true it is I do it know but it's what I've always been told.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owyhee

[Ccecil]

French trappers. Supposedly the name means "heart of an awl" regarding the shrewd business practices of the local native tribes.

The annual rendevous was held in Idaho. There are quite a few French named things around the area. Lake Pend Orielle, etc.

Also, lots of stuff named after Lewis and Clark, the Jesuit priests and the Mullan trail.

[irrational]

Maybe from French trappers?

[mbostleman]

And the Tetons in western Wyoming / eastern Idaho.

[awb]

How do you escort a slow moving autonomous balloon? And why?

[lost_tourist]

Seems like a waste of time when we could just shoot it down over an unpopulated area

[rkagerer]

Link says not found, and history pulls up no data. Anyone have a screenshot?