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Old Man USA Era it is about that time again, a week of fireworks right in your freaking ear at 4 am.
- Thread starter Slayven
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ahh oh yeah, i thought people were "honoring" hospital workers again. Because I bet they loved being woken up after a long shift by people shooting off fireworks at all hours of the day
I feel bad for all the pets that freak out because of fireworks. When I was a kid, some neighbors celebrating new year's accidentally shot a firework straight into the wall of our house, and on the other side of it my poor dog was hiding behind the couch, already fearing for his life. Fuck that shit.
This is my favorite time of year. I can fall asleep to the sound of the crackles and pops and bangs in the distance on the 4th.
Also dog owner Era. Poor guy gets terrorized this time of year. I was fine with fireworks until I got my little bastard, and now I despise them with the fury of a thousand suns.
i would expect friday and saturday to be the majority of fireworks.
Oh I'm sure it's coming. This is nothing like last year though. Fireworks for what felt like months on end.
my neighborhood is usually a warzone but firework usage is probably down 1000% compared to last year. They started around memorial day in 2020
yeah tons around here starting this week too, it sucks because it creates a sudden spike of dogs who run away from their house and that is really sad. I think July 4th is the weekend with the biggest number of missing dogs.
Yep, just love the neighbors lighting the big ones at 2:40am on a Wed. And then trying to get the younger one back to sleep.
I'm good for a day or two on a holiday, but where I live shit is going off every night and I hate everyone that does it. I don't need to hear that shit at 11pm on Tuesday.
would love if they would limit the time people can buy fireworks. They start selling them first week of June. Bad enough it's another week of leftover fireworks at least after the 4th
I didn't hate fireworks until I moved to LA.
would love if they would limit the time people can buy fireworks. They start selling them first week of June. Bad enough it's another week of leftover fireworks at least after the 4th
I didn't hate fireworks until I moved to LA.
Banning them doesn't stop assholes from setting them off at 2 am anyway.
It's been happening for the last week where I live out in the sticks. Fireworks and some gunshots. I imagine the 4th is going to be loud as fuck. Doesn't bother me but I don't have to work the day after, I feel for the people who will have to wake up early the next day.
Yeah, our dog freaks out - so we wouldn't even really be able to go out and "enjoy" fireworks if we wanted to. Benadryl (on advice of our vet) helps a little, but he's still pretty worked up. It's not like you just have to get through that one night, either. Inevitably, there's people shooting fireworks days before and after the fourth. I'm in a new city now that only allows them between certain hours on the 3rd and 4th. We'll see if that gets enforced.
It's funny - I live in Chicago and fireworks noise differs DRASTICALLY by neighborhood. When I used to live in Logan Square/Humboldt Park, it was a solid three months of fireworks from around 9PM to 1AM. Then we moved to Edgewater and it dropped off completely - we almost never heard any go off. Now we live in Uptown and it's kind of in the middle - we hear them, but not as often, and not for as long.
Shit, I forgot I need to buy some Benadryl for this coming weekend. Thank you for that.
I am glad to see I am not alone. I hate July 4th for the fireworks alone. Not only are they super loud and people blast them off at all hours of the morning, but my neighbors blow them up right next to my property and then I'm left to clean up all of the spent fireworks in my yard. And legally there's nothing I can do about it, according to my town's laws.
It also doesn't help that the "largest fireworks warehouse in the midwest" is in the town over, 3 miles from my house (less as the crow flies).
It also doesn't help that the "largest fireworks warehouse in the midwest" is in the town over, 3 miles from my house (less as the crow flies).
This shitty rainy weather really helped curb the use of fireworks because usually they would be set off every night for a couple weeks before july 4th
We have a dog that has terrible anxiety over fireworks but we just plan around it. Our vet gives us sedatives which we give him on evening of the fourth and if it's a huge issue we'll go out of town. Maybe go camping or something. People enjoy fireworks and I really have no problem with that. Obviously there's assholes everywhere who go too far but that applies with everything. Best to plan around it, minimize the effects, and hopefully enjoy the lightshow. Dont be the fun sponge
They're increasingly less awesome when they've been going off since 8 pm and it's past midnight and the 3rd day in a row that it's happened. A proper firework show is fine and doesn't last for forever.
What if someone's house catches fire? Already been news clips on that happening...
On a serous note, my neighborhood will go fucking nuclear on the 4th, but nothing goes off before or after so I consider myself lucky. We're having a HUGE party at my home and people will just walk the neighborhood for 3-4hrs of straight professional grade fireworks.
I'm just waiting for the asocial folks to start gaslighting pet owners by telling them that it's their own fault that their pets are scared of fireworks, like they always do.
No, they aren't.
When your fun is poisoning other people quality of life, you should take notice.
And I'm not even talking about setting a forest or a district on fire.
