Fireworks

[andrewwski]

Indiana is a fireworks state, so it sounds like World War III outside right now.

NY is a no-fireworks state, but that means absolutely nothing on the 4th.

There's still a few out there, but I'd say most stopped about a half hour ago.

[speedycat129]

I was in a parking lot fairly near to where the city fires off their fireworks, and if I looked in pretty much any direction I could see someone else's being sent off. It was kind of awesome.

And I agree with WWIII. Completely true.

[theoneandonly]

NY is a no-fireworks state, but that means absolutely nothing on the 4th.

You can't buy fireworks, or you can't set off fireworks? Because Illinois is a no-buy fireworks state, so people come over to Indiana in droves to buy their fireworks and take them back home to set them off.

[genes_girl]

Not true. You can't set off fireworks. Trust me, we try every year- and then we play hide from the cops in a barn while they circle and act like they don't know it is us. Unless the rules are different on the Illnois side of the St. Louis area or they have changed in the past year, then yeah no setting off fireworks. It's really funny where we do it because we are 5 minutes from St. Louis and you can buy fireworks there so everyone under the age of...50?(which, sadly, is not that many people)...are doing it.

[theoneandonly]

Illinois is no-buy and no-use? Haha, then a LOT of people are breaking the rules.


EDIT: Did I just rhyme?!

[Pleiades]

Ours were pretty good. Above average in the wow factor but boy were they long it took an hour for the whole thing. Pleiades have you seen the ones in Boston they're amazing.

No, I havent I was over my neighbors house last night playing kickball in the street then all of a sudden everyone ran into the house to watch the fireworks on TV. I stayed outside though. I'll probably go down to Boston to watch them live next year since i only live 15 minutes from Boston.

[starpug]

Ours were pretty good. Above average in the wow factor but boy were they long it took an hour for the whole thing. Pleiades have you seen the ones in Boston they're amazing.

No, I havent I was over my neighbors house last night playing kickball in the street then all of a sudden everyone ran into the house to watch the fireworks on TV. I stayed outside though. I'll probably go down to Boston to watch them live next year since i only live 15 minutes from Boston.

I have seen them a couple times. Last year I saw them from the MIT boathouse , have a cousin who works there.

[sachleen]

We saw them at two different parks. On the 3rd they were pretty lame, lasted 5 minutes.. on the 4th they were pretty good but they launched em like one at at time and then a burst of a few then one at a time again...

[Mr. Cool]

Our towns were pretty good. 'Bout average.

[starpug]

Reviving this thread, seeing as it IS July 4th
The Fireworks around here suck so I'm just gonna watch the stream from the Esplanade in Boston.