Starting to hear fireworks.

[leftyladyfrommo]

I did read that sales of fireworks are way down. I also heard that the prices are way up. I live in a low income neighborhood and I know people are really struggling just to make daily expenses. Fireworks are such a total waste of money.

Fireworks are illegal here but they aren't illegal just down the road in Riverside, Mo. No one pays any attention to the laws.

[SheltieLover]

1. Rednecks have been blowing off huge fireworks for days

Only late at night, cuz they like to be pains in others' asses.

[SWBTATTReg]

2. We did notice that the fireworks have been fewer this year, we thought that perhaps w/ the city

and county cracking down on fireworks (STLMO), that this did the trick. BUT...

I like your explanation better, that the fireworks are much more expensive. Also, being that there's a drought in effect thru parts of MO, that it is too dangerous for fireworks too.

[PTWB]

3. Happy 4th!! Enjoy the celebrations :)

[leftyladyfrommo]

4. I don't enjoy it. I have dogs. We hunker down

And hope for the best.

[Polybius]

8. There's an overtly mean pitbull a few houses down from me

The dog tries to attack everyone and everything that passes (he's fenced in outside of the house), and the mailman has said he's scared that one day the owner will forget to lock the gate. Well, last year I was talking to the dog's owner, and she said that he cowers in fear under the bed on Independence day! I was really surprised that this huge dog of pure muscle would be afraid of anything sort of a bear.

[KarenS]

5. We haven't heard any yet this year,,,,

We have a new doggie and we don't know how she's going to react,,, got a thundershirt and some cbd treats for her,,,, a doggie that we used to have would just tremble so we never went out on NYEve or 4th of July,,,, we'll have the TV on and be prepared to comfort her if she needs it,,,

I never hated fireworks until we had a dog.

but we are in a poorer area of town too and I hope ppl aren't wasting their money on them this year.

[leftyladyfrommo]

6. I read that some displays have been canceled because

there is a shortage of people that put on the shows.

[rsdsharp]

7. Iowa, in its infinite wisdom, made the sale of fireworks legal at certain times of the year.

They left the legality of USING the fireworks to the cities. Predictably, most cities have prohibited the private use of fireworks. So, you can buy ‘em, you just can’t light ‘em off. An exception is a town that burned down in the 1930s due to fireworks. You can use them there.

Oddly, I have a neighbor on the next block who, when we bought the house 19 years ago, shot off fireworks beginning in early June through mid August. That only stopped when I got toasted one weekend about the Ides of August, went out on my deck and screamed:

“ENOUGH. THE FOURTH OF JULY WAS SIX FREAKIN’ WEEKS AGO!!!!!

Now, when they have become legal to possess (not to use), they no longer shoot them off. Maybe it was the thrill of the forbidden.