I say to my neighbor, from two doors down...

My neighbor shoots em over the river so I can just sit on my deck

It was actually a pretty subdued Fourth of July in my neighborhood.   Most years, the pyrotechnics start a few days beforehand and crescendo to the nonstop shock and awe at dusk on July 4.  

But this year, the pre-Fourth fireworks were scarce and while there were plenty of people shooting off some last night, it was nothing like usual.   I love shooting off fireworks and even I abstained this year.  Still, there was someone with a full on professional display probably a quarter of a mile a away, so we sat on the porch and got a show that was similar to what is depicted in fishcane's pic above.

I think the horrible wildfires we had in September has left a lot of people with PTSD.

Fireworks are from March to October in Los Angeles. 
Its what civilized people do.

https://youtu.be/tIvdcdogC6k

We have some but decided to wait until NYE.

There was a subdued fireworks presence in the hood from about 10 to midnight.

My neighbor started at 6 pm it did not stop till 3 a.m. Some of them WERE CRAZY LOUD and Hundreds of all kinds.  

Fireworks are illegal up where I live in the midst of National Forest, plus it's fire season, so fireworks laws are strictly enforced up here and mostly adhered to, but for some reason, it sounded like every dog in town was barking from about 9-10 pm last night.

It was kind of nice actually.

Illegal?  No way.

Eugene made fireworks illegal in my part of town because of risk of fire; south of 18th and east of Agate it was illegal to set them off.  I thought it was very odd that they allowed them to be sold in the same areas. There were very few lit in my neighborhood.

Surf, I like the idea of waiting til NYE when the ground is wet and the dry leaves aren't on the trees.

Illegal?  No way.

https://twitter.com/i/status/1411787276363784192

we had 7 inches of rain in 4 days and it quit raining on Friday, so fireworks were on in full force.

pretty sure some were gunshots and sticks of dynamite, so I yelled nothing at any of my neighbors. 

keeping one's mouth shut.....time-tested survival skill...plus, they spent the money and I got to watch.

I_L_L_E_G_A_L ____________ N_O_____ W_A_Y.

ha ____ha.

So well coordinated, Dise.

We are living with the memories of the fires from last Fall, when so many people's houses burned to the ground. It was even drier than now, but it's dry here now. Climate change is real, drought is real.

its some people's right to endanger other people's property.

There were definitely less fireworks in my neighborhood this 4th, with Seattle's and most of the surrounding suburbs official shows cancelled.  There is definite concern about dry conditions raising the fire danger.  Most folks here are just starting to drop their masks and get past their social-distancing precautions too, so mass celebrations weren't in the cards anyway.
 

I visited some friends I hadn't hung out with since pre-COVID times, grilling out in their backyard.  Beautiful afternoon>evening with the temperature back to high 70s-low 80s, which felt great after last week's freakishly hot weather.  Their neighbors were all lighting off a lot of fireworks, some really loud and earthshaking mortars got the dogs confused and concerned.  Driving back north through downtown near dusk, I was surprised how few fireworks I saw going off. 
 

A lot of the years I've lived here, the weather has been cooler and wetter on the 4th.  There is a local saying that summer starts July 5th here.   I'll file the nice day and lack of heavy artillery as a unique experience of the COVID times.

https://twitter.com/LloydLegalist/status/1411852033083293700?s=20

Down by Zion Nat'l Park area. Dumbasses. 

https://www.ksl.com/article/50199557/out-of-town-visitors-at-airbnb-in-l...

LAVERKIN — Out-of-town visitors setting off fireworks at an Airbnb caused a wildfire in LaVerkin on Sunday night, according to fire officials.

Washington County Fire Warden Adam Heyder said in a text to St. George News that the fire burned about 4.5 acres. He said the location of the call was 300 S. 100 East in LaVerkin.

Firefighting personnel from the Hurricane Valley Fire District also responded to the human-caused blaze, as well as state fire officials and the Bureau of Land Management.

Read the full article at St. George News.

Death by fireworks.

RIP.

https://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/31764017/columbus-blue-jackets-goali...