Question about July 4th on a Wednesday... is this normal?

[RockRaven]

What is the normal procedure where you live vis-a-vis municipal/professional fireworks displays?

On both Sat June 30 and Sun July 1 I've heard long, persistent, loud, complex booming noises consistent with large fireworks displays (can't see them from my yard though). So I assume there are "July 4th" fireworks displays going on nearby -- I suppose in the abstract they could be post-sportsball-game fireworks, but that isn't consistent with what I know of nearby sportsball schedules/locations.

I don't have any noteworthy recollection of the last time July 4th was mid-week. Is it normal to do the nominal July 4th display the weekend before where you live? Or only on the day proper? Or the weekend after?

[pangaia]

1. I think you may be over thinking it.

[PoliticAverse]

2. No it's not normal. The 4th of July usually occurs on a non-Wednesday. n/t

[virgogal]

3. ALWAYS the 4th where I live---ALWAYS the 3rd where a son lives.

No matter what day of the week the 4th falls on.


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[Leith]

4. It Only Happens When

there is a Friday the 13th in July.

[kskiska]

5. The holiday is ALWAYS on July 4th - not a weekend.

However, fireworks displays are often held on different days, depending on the community for whatever reason. My hometown always held them on the night of the 3rd. That gave them a rain date of the 4th, just in case.

[mwooldri]

6. Depends.

Greensboro NC will do theirs on the 4th. Surrounding smaller communities may do them a different day in order to get people to watch their firework display.

[Mountain Mule]

7. Always on the 4th here except this year

No fireworks in my part of Colorado due to extreme fire danger. The mountains have been burning for weeks now.

[HeiressofBickworth]

8. Officially, my little town has a ban on fireworks

The town does a fireworks display on July 3, not the 4th at the town park. And, despite the ban, the police do nothing to stop neighborhood fireworks. Every year I have to go out and check the roof to be sure that some half-burned material didn't land on it. Our dog spends the 4th under my bed. The cats, although indoors always, are nowhere to be found. Although I really enjoy the large, professional shows (Seattle does a beautiful one), I can't say I'm a fan of local fireworks. Some doofus around the corner has a fucking canon!!! When it goes off, it will shock the piss out of you.

[orleans]

9. the prick across the street from me

set off a quarter stick of dynamite in the street

i told him if he ever did that fucking shit again i'd call the police on him, tell them he keeps all kinds of crap in the safe in the bedroom and i'd press charges.

(other than that we got along until he beat the crap out of his sig. other whose house he was living in)

(she wouldn't press charges because he was a high school teacher and would lose his job. they were both big, all american republicans--turns out he was the complete package: family history of child molestation, incest, physical abuse) (puke)

call the cops if that jerk fires off his canon. (it's probably dynamite and chances are it's illegal)

[Liberty Belle]

11. Tell cops about the cannon now, don't wait for him to fire it.

A local guy misfired a canon that went through the side of his house and killed his wife. Now he's in jail for his idiocy.

[HeiressofBickworth]

12. As I understand from neighbors,

he gets reported every year. If anything is done, it hasn't been a deterrent. I haven't heard it so far this year, but it's not the 4th yet. I hoping that one of the houses that sold recently was his!!

[Liberty Belle]

10. All the fireworks in San Diego are on the 4th, even though it is a Wednesday.

All private fireworks are banned in California.

[demigoddess]

13. We have someone in the neighborhood who sets off a barrage every time his team wins

no matter what season it is, baseball, football, soccer, etc. And the law says only until midnight on the 4th. But he likes to set his off at 1:30 am.

[irisblue]

14. The big civic fireworks display here is Tuesday night 9pm. It'll last about 45 minutes

Several a holes have been blowing up fireworks for 4-5 days. They apparently like the boom & sparklers.

Jerks do stuff.

[handmade34]

15. the fireworks here

started last night and will happen every night, up until, and including the 4th... officially the 3rd is the date here, but people around the lake seem to have access to some pretty serious firework displays... it's pretty much a week long celebration here!


I can sit out front and watch if I care to...