The annual " I hate fireworks thread"

[Texasgal]

Yes, call me a wet blanket I don't care!

I was up until 3:00 am last with my scared dogs because some idiot down the street decided that he loves America so much he's gonna shoot off loud banging shit all night! GRRRR!

Shooting fireworks in our city limits is against the law.

Go to a firework display! Have fun.. just stop doing it in my hood!

End of RANT!

[DemonGoddess]

1. agreed

I don't NEED 8 cats on my damn head smothering me because they're crazy scared out of their minds.

[liberalnarb]

17. 8??? Holy shit I thought I had a lot of 'em!

We have 4 cats, all around 7 years old. We were planning on getting only one, but she was a rescued stray who was pregnant. She had a litter of five, we gave two away but kept them in the family.

This is Penny. Shes the mother and queen of the house.

This is Laisy the sister "kitten".

Marbles


The youngest brother is a slick, badass black cat named Blackey, but I can't find a picture right now.

[montana_hazeleyes]

22. Cats, big and small are from another planet maybe,

because they are all such beautiful, mysterious creatures. I always said if I could somehow know how an animal thinks, it would be cats. Why are they so gorgeous and have the most beautiful eyes on earth. I guess I sound nutty.

[liberalnarb]

25. +1

I don't understand how some people could be so anti-cat. They're the most comforting creatures in the world.

[awoke_in_2003]

39. Cats don't kiss ass

some people don't like that.

[liberalnarb]

40. Yep.

I've heard so many people say they don't like cats because "cats don't love their owners."

BULLSHIT!!!


I love dogs too, though.

[awoke_in_2003]

41. If your cat doesn't love you

then you are the problem. I am not big on dogs myself, but don't really have a problem with them. I just prefer the quiet dignity of a cat.

[liberalnarb]

42. I'm eating dinner with this guy right now.

No matter how grumpy he may look, we know he loves us, because he never bites or scratches.

[awoke_in_2003]

44. Looks a lot like my old cat

Jewel was her name. She has been gone six or seven years, and the lizard population is making a come back. You couldn't keep her in if she wanted out, but she had all her claws.

[liberalnarb]

45. His name is Marbles and hes got quite the appetite.

But hes an indoor cat and cant be allowed out without supervision. He has epilepsy. No seizures recently. Fingers crossed.

[DemonGoddess]

29. well

when the kittens were dumped I had 4 already, 2 toms, 2 queens. The kittens were dumped a week before Christmas in front of my house. The ONLY girl in the litter had a compression fracture in her femoral growth plate. Then, the pain killer they gave her suppressed her immune system enough she ended up with active toxoplasmosis (they're all born carrying the parasite), so she was paralyzed for awhile (a few weeks), while the protozoa killing medicine was working on her. She's fine now. Anyway, all of 'em are fixed.

[liberalnarb]

30. Wow, quite a story. Mine wasnt nearly that interesting. (nt.)

[femmocrat]

2. They are supposed to be illegal here, too. Ha.

But the local yahoos set off huge explosives that rattle the windows. Only one of my dogs is terrified. We put her in her crate with some blankies. Safest place for her because she tries to hide behind furniture and then gets stuck.

It wouldn't be so bad if it was just one night, but they set them off all weekend.

[NJCher]

7. they started on the 24th here!

and I think the latest one is July 6.


Cher

[Avalux]

3. It will be the same here - and my puppies will be terrified by the boom booms.

People in my neighborhood don't care we're within the city limits either. Last year they were shooting off really big ones. They're pretty, but it's ridiculous how much was going off right around me.

I feel your pain.

[Skittles]

4. I like the fireworks shows done by the pros

I'm content with that - I don't need to hold them / see them up close

[KT2000]

5. I'm with you!

I live in a rural area where everything is dry right now and winds are strong. Illegal fireworks and the sirens from the fire trucks every year. What fun.

[jtuck004]

6. I wonder what it is like over by SalmonChantedEvening's home...

[dembotoz]

10. that was splendid

[jtuck004]

28. I wouldn't mind so much if my neighbors could do that, but they usually just stagger out,

drunkenly light a large sky rocket, drop it, then run only after the shower of the igniting rocket makes them think that is necessary. Then the rocket flies up the street and explodes in front of someone's driveway.

But, the guy snowplowed the street when we had hip-deep snow, so there is a give and take.

[zentrum]

8. What I always wonder

…is how people who were in actual war zones—soldiers and immigrants—get through the noises and lights of tonight.

It always seems hypocritical to me that we are still dropping bombs via (drone) on people in various countries and yet enjoying these "safe" bombs at home with different degrees of patriotic BBQing and drinking.

I can't quite take the massive cultural denial it all represents. And I do think about all the folks who have PTSD.

[Rhiannon12866]

46. That was actually how I described the noises coming from next door on Saturday night

It really did sound like a war zone, not that I have ever lived in one, but it was very loud and the explosions went on for quite some time. I have both a cat and a dog and my dog didn't seem all that disturbed, but my cat was really scared. But then I rescued him two years ago as a tiny kitten from a grocery store parking lot where they were doing major construction.

[2theleft]

9. They just wrapped up here.

I had a 120 lb and a 75 lb dog vying for my lap, panting, etc. I live pretty center point to three of the big displays in my area, so the noise comes at us from all directions.

So far no one in my neighborhood has set any off, thank god.

[dembotoz]

11. outside of the cat fireworks video above, i have avoided the damn things entirely this year

all in all....i am happy

[Stonepounder]

12. I know of what you speak.

We have an older dog we got through rescue who is terrified of thunderstorms, so you can imagine how she is with fireworks. They were going on for 8 hours yesterday.

And I saw a thing (I think it was on Huffington) about vets getting their PTSD triggered by unexpected fireworks.

And I wonder how many people setting off the fireworks really thing they are being patriotic and how many are just using the 4th as an excuse to make boom-boom bang-bang.

[AwakeAtLast]

13. My OIF Veteran husband agrees with you

He's in bed right now with his head stuffed as far as possible into his pillow.

[Boomerproud]

33. I'm so very sorry about your husband.

Please tell him he is not alone about his discomfort.

[AwakeAtLast]

35. Thank you!

[colsohlibgal]

14. So Annoying

Somebody, I assume a young man or two, has been blowing them up for an hour or more.

I will never get the fascination with it, especially when people have blown off a finger or three.

[Doctor Jack]

15. God they are so boring

Im at a show right now but the information for the location was schetchy so they are like 20 miles in the distance. I dont know why my wife wants to stay

[liberalnarb]

19. I'm in Narberth, PA.

We rated second best firework show in the world. Ours is in a park and they set them off right in front of you so sometimes you get hit by falling paper.

[Doctor Jack]

26. When I lived in the chicago suburbs a few years ago they were like that

I actually had to dive out of the way because a giant spark was falling towards me. It landed on the chair I was sitting on about 1 second after I dropped to the ground. It was pretty cool. The ones I was at tonight were in the suburbs of San Antonio. You would think the one thing that Texas would get right would be fireworks but you would be dead wrong.

[liberalnarb]

31. I was in Maine for the fourth once.

Big mistake, the works looked like they were 100 miles away.

[Doctor Jack]

32. That is how tonight was

I was playing on my phone for the first 20 minutes until I looked up and realized they were already well underway. It was far enough away that I didn't hear one boom. The park we went to was on the city's website as a good location. God, texas really blows. I'm hoping I only stuck here for about 8 more months.

[littlebit]

16. I really want to go slap my neighbor.

The sun isn't even completely down yet and they have already started. My poor little guys are in my lap shaking like crazy right now.

[liberalnarb]

18. Teehee...

In my neighborhood we're the ones with the fireworks.

[Ilsa]

20. ours are over by 11pm, mostly.

We'll have some really good ones tonight, but it won't last too long.

[elmac]

21. The only legislation Dems in MI passed was to legalize fireworks

My quiet little town now sounds like a war zone around the 4th.

[elmac]

23. Listening to my digital police scanner over the 4th off & on

cops been busy chasing fireworks complaints, they get sick of repeating "we can't do a thing, its legal now" While I've been listening one local got his foot blown off by a mortar & one had all his fingers blown off with partial amputation, and that is just during the little time spent listening in a low population county/.

[IgelJames4]

24. I don't mind it when people set off fireworks on July 4th

What annoys me is when they do it on a different day, that isn't even close to the 4th. Very aggravating.

[Mendocino]

27. I personally know of two dogs

that died as the result of fireworks, both instances a few years back. One got so nervous that it suffered an apparent heart attack. The other kept running around the house and slammed into a wall, breaking its neck.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

34. Double fireworks here.

Last night was Independence Day, many fireworks.

Tonight is the end of Ramadan. I expect many fireworks around here, as well as crazy reckless driving. It's sort of like Mardi Gras, but with not as much liquor.

Party on.

[hunter]

36. Our city sounds like a war zone.

Many huge explosions that set off car alarms.

Yep, the dogs hate it.

They are all sleeping in this morning.

[roody]

37. Iowa used to be a cool state.

Now it sounds like a war zone-has for 4 nights. Thanks republicans.

[Initech]

38. I saw four fire trucks and 2 ambulances yesterday.

I'm assuming either for extreme drunkenness / intoxication or activity involving illegal fireworks.

[ailsagirl]

43. It's been pretty quiet the last couple of years

Don't know why, except it's warm and I have a couple of large fans going-- may have something to do with it.
My cats have not shown any panic, so that's good.

Glad it's over-- at least, for a year!