Neighborhood Fourth of July Fireworks: HOW LOUD?

**Zacha341** · July-04-14, 10:10 PM

For the last two hours solid, INCREDIBLY LOUD and dense in my area a few blocks south of Clairmont, near Henry Ford Hospital, West Grand Blvd! Smoky and very few pauses between loud detonations, explosions with full plume works - high in the sky - and lots of light and smaller works going off in between. What's it like in your area?

It's ever been this loud before... was there a discount sale on works this year?

**313WX** · July-04-14, 10:28 PM

Originally Posted by Zacha341

For the last two hours solid, INCREDIBLY LOUD and dense in my area a few blocks south of Clairmont, near Henry Ford Hospital, West Grand Blvd! Smoky and very few pauses between loud detonations, explosions with full plume works - high in the sky - and lots of light and smaller works going off in between. What's it like in your area?

It's ever been this loud before... was there a discount sale on works this year?

Well, those heavy duty fireworks can now be legally sold in Michigan, so more people have easier access to them this year.

And yes, they're extremely loud in NE Detroit as well...

**ASR89** · July-04-14, 11:07 PM

Not sure if fireworks or the usual gunshots...

**Cincinnati_Kid** · July-05-14, 12:46 AM

Originally Posted by ASR89

Not sure if fireworks or the usual gunshots...

I have the same sentiment. I can tell the difference between a firecracker and a gun shot, and I heard more gunshots.

**Django** · July-05-14, 12:10 AM

They just ended here in the Corridor, glad thats over with. I never remember hearing so many in past years. The new good stuff being sold in Michigan certainly did have an effect.

Feeling bad for all the poor doggies all over Michigan. One acquaintance gave his buddy a doggie downer to calm him, he turned up the radio as well.

**jackie5275** · July-05-14, 01:47 AM

Originally Posted by Zacha341

For the last two hours solid, INCREDIBLY LOUD and dense in my area a few blocks south of Clairmont, near Henry Ford Hospital, West Grand Blvd! Smoky and very few pauses between loud detonations, explosions with full plume works - high in the sky - and lots of light and smaller works going off in between. What's it like in your area?

It's ever been this loud before... was there a discount sale on works this year?

Drove past that area on I-94 going home from the Tiger game. The area was filled with a hazy smoke from all the fireworks. It was pretty thick over there.

**Honky Tonk** · July-05-14, 06:12 AM

Originally Posted by jackie5275

Drove past that area on I-94 going home from the Tiger game. The area was filled with a hazy smoke from all the fireworks. It was pretty thick over there.

Drove home from SCC through the 'hood, and was surprised @ the caliber of fireworks being shot off and from where. People were lighting them off in front of porch steps with overhanging trees and such. I knew they had legalized fireworks but I didn't realize the professional ones. Why bother going anywhere to see a fireworks show? You can see a good one from your front porch. Intersections were foggy with the smell of thick smoke. And yes, there were gunshots mixed in as well. Kind of disconcerting sitting @ a light.

**sumas** · July-05-14, 05:01 AM

My neighbors must all be broke. Usually two weeks before and two weeks after the 4th its noisy but not this year. The booms started around 6pm and stopped around midnight. A few sounded like dynamite though. Two of our dogs cowered under the dining room table. The 3rd was too stupid to notice.

**Dan Wesson** · July-05-14, 05:55 AM

I love those booms that vibrate deep in your chest one right after the other.

**Pam** · July-05-14, 06:26 AM

Cross posting from the other thread.

http://petitions.moveon.org/sign/rep...higan-firework

Too loud near me. I'm sick of this shit. Let's vote out anyone who supported this idiocy this fall.

**Dan Wesson** · July-05-14, 06:40 AM

Bring back M-80's and cherry bombs!!!!

**Honky Tonk** · July-05-14, 06:56 AM

Originally Posted by dan wesson

bring back m-80's and cherry bombs!!!!

Oh, hell yes!!!! Silver barrels weren't to shabby either.

**Zacha341** · July-05-14, 08:30 AM

Hah! I will stick with silly kiddie 'Sparklers'. I grew up with a neighbor missing a whole hand and a thumb from mishandling a big exploding firework.

Originally Posted by Honky Tonk

Oh, hell yes!!!! Silver barrels weren't to shabby either.

**Honky Tonk** · July-05-14, 09:17 AM

Originally Posted by Zacha341

Hah! I will stick with stilly 'Sparklers'. I grew up with a neighbor missing a whole hand and a thumb from mishandling an big exploding firework.

I'm sorry to hear about your neighbor, that's horrible. I was witness to and had a couple of close calls myself. It's easy, especially in an altered state, to forget what you're dealing with and become "invincible". That's why I was surprised @ some of the ways I saw fireworks being handled last night. I like sparklers.

**Pam** · July-05-14, 07:18 AM

http://woodtv.com/2014/07/03/firewor...p-in-michigan/

The number of people being injured by fireworks is up in the state of Michigan, according to the University of Michigan Trauma Burn Center.

**mtburb** · July-05-14, 07:27 AM

We also had a lot of these fireworks, not as loud though, but still visible no matter which way you looked. This was at Eureka near Fort Street.

**cla1945** · July-05-14, 10:25 AM

The fireworks going off in my area this year were the loudest and longest I've ever heard. My house shook a number of times and I was nervous when the Japanese lanterns
floated over my roof, extinguished, and floated down towards my house. I'm sure there was fresh hot embers still ready it ignite a dry tree or roof.

The other thing that I noticed was that some of my neighbors, from three or four blocks surrounding my street, those who don't have a pot to piss in, had the biggest, loudest, most expensive fireworks legally available. I'll never feel sorry for them again or help them out when they are in need. Their priorities are f$&@ed up, and the big display they put on, most of them while impaired, was much more important to them than putting new shoes on the kids.

**rex** · July-05-14, 10:30 AM

you sound fun pam!!!

**Honky Tonk** · July-05-14, 11:08 AM

Originally Posted by rex

you sound fun pam!!!

I wonder if Poobert's single?

**canuck** · July-05-14, 11:37 AM

Originally Posted by Honky Tonk

I wonder if Poobert's single?

I saw fireworks, they both said.

**Pam** · July-05-14, 02:25 PM

Originally Posted by rex

you sound fun pam!!!

Yeah, sorry dude, explosions and burning things aren't my idea of fun.

**rb336** · July-05-14, 03:30 PM

Originally Posted by Pam

Yeah, sorry dude, explosions and burning things aren't my idea of fun.

I got over that in my twenties. some of them were so loud they rattled my windows and I KNOW nothing legal is THAT loud. I used to set off pro-grade fireworks for a beach association on Lake Michigan, and some of the ones we heard last night were as loud as the salutes we used to shoot off 15 minutes before showtime.

A guy down the street from me has PTSD and has to leave town during the 4th. For me, it's annoying, but its utterly obnoxious at 2 a.m.

**Pam** · July-05-14, 05:31 PM

Originally Posted by rb336

I got over that in my twenties. some of them were so loud they rattled my windows and I KNOW nothing legal is THAT loud. I used to set off pro-grade fireworks for a beach association on Lake Michigan, and some of the ones we heard last night were as loud as the salutes we used to shoot off 15 minutes before showtime.

A guy down the street from me has PTSD and has to leave town during the 4th. For me, it's annoying, but its utterly obnoxious at 2 a.m.

Where does he go? Another state? Reading the comments on that petition, it sounds like you can't escape it anywhere in the state.