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Topic History of: Fireworks rant!!
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Al |
Around here it sounded like a war zone and the sky was full of colourful flashes. My cat lifted her head a couple of times from her nap but mostly ignored them. Surprisingly none of the spent rockets landed in my garden. It seems most people round here chose the official day to have their displays, and it was all over by around 10pm. No reports of injuries or trouble.
A pretty good bonfire night. |
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ReadyTeddy |
Just add ny 2p here.
In Hemel Hempstead, there was so many private displays that the air was heavy with sulphur smoke and pets were going mad. The fireworks all seemed the same - shoot into the air, then *BANG*. Where is the variance?
I went to an 'organised' display, however it was MORE dangerous than letting them off myself. First warning of what was about to come was cheap rockets that did not have the power of flight, and after a lazy, fizzing arc came back to earth....then BAM! The stars shot out sideways across the ground. Then we had fireworks of unknown type that just blew up onto those lighting them and some that shot across the ground in a random pattern. The air was dense with smoke. Someone mentioned that it resembled the first day of the Somme out there...
Then we got to the large fireworks that were the size of small barrels. These worked OK, BUT the audience started to get distresed when hot ash and embers started raining from the sky onto them. The cordon being too close and the following wind conspired. It was hard to breathe with the acrid smoke now engulfing the spectators. The crowd started to push back from the front lines and there was the sound of crying from the little ones. Torches flashing in the smoke looked like light sabres, and the combination of loud overhead bangs, coughing, crying and glowing hot embers put me in mind of Pompeii. I thought I would never say this, but I have now gone off fireworks.
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Mart |
At 9.55 pm last night, I was struck by the urge to buy a chocolate eclair and had to leave the warmth of the house to do so.(!)
On arriving the just about to shut corner shop, community officers had been called to supervise the rather intimidating group of teens failing to buy fireworks, for obviously no other reason at all than walk around throwing them late at night on the estate.
Whilst I do agree, keep them to November the 5th if we have to keep them, the above example is just the sort of silly and dangerous behaviour that has to be stopped.
Anything could have happened and did not in this case. |
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Foz |
I would conceed to just having displays on November 5th, but its when displays happen several days either side of this date I get annoyed.
Great idea about making noisless ones - maybe let them off to music? My dog loves music! In desperation, the other night my wife and I put headphones over his ears and played Miles Davis (he seems to like jazz) at low volume. It seemed to relax him - however they can still feel the explosions so it wasnt worth the bother again. |
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Anthony |
Well, to be fair, it is the proper Fireworks Night date. It's still quiet in my sleepy corner of Derbyshire so far. Hopefully you'll get some peace tomorrow evening. |
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