Two persons mentioned their concerns after having read articles on the subject relating about wind-induced static shock hazard and reception high noise level.
One participant replied that if one would shunt the antenna with carbon resistor (~4.7k-22k) to local ground, high enough not to upset antenna caracteristics but still, low enough to discharge the beginning of charge buildup, one would be able to cope with this problem.
On the same subject, a second participant with actual balloon and kite antenna experience (300 ft - 100 meter) did report the reality of shock hasard, but eventualy got around the problem by shunting an antenna tuner inductor to ground or shunting the antenna directly with a 100k resistor. He reported that in these conditions, he was able to get signals that sounded great. Also in light wind conditions, he said that static was not much of a problem.