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A group of grassroots supporters flying a blimp up the East Coast to help spread Ron Paul’s name across the skies, apparently didn’t think about New England’s unpredictable weather.
Katharine Memole, spokeswoman for the blimp, said the blimp will definitely be in New York City tomorrow, and may make it to the airport in Bridgeport, Conn.
The blimp was originally scheduled to come to New Hampshire on Tuesday, but bad weather over the weekend kept the blimp in the Carolinas. The second plan was for it to start in Albany, N.Y., and do a 300-mile loop over Boston, New Hampshire and Connecticut Friday.
“At this point, we have a limited amount of blimp time and we don’t want to waste it getting snowed in,” Memole said.
The blimp stays aloft through paid advertisements from individuals and businesses. But the advertisements aren’t for the donors. The donors simply get to choose which Ron Paul logo they want displayed on the side of the blimp for their amount of time. Donations run from $10 to thousands of dollars.
Enough money has been raised to pay for about one month of air time, and the rest of that time will be spent in the South.
“There’s always a chance that the blimp company could let us rehire the blimp further along in the year, in the spring or whatever,” Memole said. “We could always get her back up in the air to more northern areas if Ron Paul is doing well.”