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[Previous entry: "Digg.com"] [Main Index] [Next entry: "rejected transformers"] 04/23/2005 Entry: "Amusement ride traps cousins for 80 minutes." Amusement ride traps cousins for 80 minutes. At 1:36 a.m., winds near the top of the Stratosphere were clocked at 61 mph, a Stratosphere spokesman said. Fine said an unexpected spike in wind speed caused the ride to go automatically into a pause mode and stay that way while a sustained wind blew at some 50 mph. McKinnon said she was puzzled that no one gave them instructions while hotel emergency workers arrived at the scene. "I was expecting they would tell us exactly what to do. There was this guy doing sign language. I could hardly hear," she said. "Workers in the booth were laughing at us," McKinnon said. I'd be tempted to laugh too, but geez, not where they could see me. See also: The Insanity ride webpage (flash). Essentially, it hangs off the Stratosphere in Vegas and gives the illusion of falling off.