@DavidBridger The people around here will take any opportunity to set off fireworks. It's such a problem for all the veterans with PTSD, the wildlife, the pets... I don't understand this need to blow things up loudly. Silent fireworks exist; why don't people use them? People can be so selfish. Several years ago, the neighbors across the street lost their little dog when it escaped the house in terror during the New Year's Eve fireworks frenzy. They never did find the poor thing.