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"Other than the balloons, the one thing we all keep an eye out for at the fiesta is a certain flagpole.The decision to fly at Balloon Fiesta is made by a committee of experts. Once the decision is made, flight safety official Tom Bueno is oftentimes the person who relays the message with a colored flag to the thousands of spectators on the field.\u201CThe green is a 'go' for the day. Yellow is a 'hold' because we're making some determinations and the weather conditions can change in the morning. The red flag will go up if the weather conditions if either it's too windy or when thunderstorms are in the area,\u201D Bueno said.The pole that holds the flag is right behind the main stage, where a large crowd usually gathers, and now that it has been around for a few years, people are starting to catch on.\u201CThe crowd is getting pretty intelligent now. They know about what time we're going to head over there and so you start walking over there with the box with the flags, they start asking you questions right away,\u201D Bueno said.When the weather is right, the green flag goes up. Bueno said the crowd will usually let out a big cheer.\u201CYou can hear them going \u2018All right it's a green day!\u2019 There's lots of applause on those days,\u201D he said.Tom said the decision always comes down to safety first.\u201CThat's why we're here as an organization, to make sure we have safe operations, safe flights,\u201D Bueno said. \u00A0"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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