why are people buying theming and using them, they scare my dog, keep me awake, what good are they. i think the people who make fireworks are uncaring people.

Fireworks are a way Americans and others have celebrated for many years. I do sympathize with those who have pets who get frightened though. We all just need to be prepared to deal with the fireworks as best we can. A lot of people enjoy them.

that is true, but scared pets and lost sleep, brandy my dog runs in the bathroom, between the shower and toilet, will not come out till it is over, they are loud.

I love fireworks. Why would the people who make them for others to enjoy be uncaring? We have been celebrating the New Year and the Fourth of July with fireworks for a very long time. In fact, fireworks for the 4th go back to 1777! From a newpaper at the time...

“About noon all the armed ships and gallies in the river were drawn up before the city, dressed in the gayest manner, with the colors of the United States and streamers displayed.”

After each ship’s cannon fired a 13-gun salute (in honor of the 13 colonies), the festivities continued, including an elegant dinner, a military demonstration and a performance by a Hessian band. “The evening was closed with the ringing of bells,” the Evening Post reported, “and at night there was a grand exhibition of fireworks (which began and concluded with thirteen rockets) on the Commons, and the city was beautifully illuminated.”

It is important to keep your pets calm or take them someplace though.

drac i understand that, but 1, they scare my dog, 2 i can not get any sleep, it is like a bomb going off.

I have to say that often those who choose to set off fireworks in their yards or driveways are often inconsiderate. I can accept 15-20 minutes of the noise. But some go beyond anything considered reasonable. Those are the ones who are uncaring, not the manufacturers.

that is true sparkle.

I hate fireworks for the noise, too. When I was younger I loved watching the displays and didn't mind the noise as much. But, as with other things, they are often misused. Here in Illinois they are not supposed to be sold or used to individual residences, only to parks and other places for large crowds where they are shot off by people who know what they're doing.

Problem is, people in Illinois can travel to nearby states, especially Wisc and purchase them with no questions asked, bring them home and fire them off whenever they want. It is supposedly illegal but, at least in the suburb where I lived at the time, the law wasn't enforced unless a neighbor complained, then it was likely it would start up again a week or so later. I have had neighbors who set them off periodically throughout the summer, sometimes even just to 'celebrate' a win on a ball game. Thankfully I no longer live there. Very frustrating to have that or skunk smell spoil an evening when the weather is nice enough to have your windows open for fresh air.

I also do not like fireworks at all. In my neighborhood they are in use pretty much year round. My cats all jump and run to hide too family. Although, I can agree with this sentence that butterflybabe wrote:

"When I was younger I loved watching the displays and didn't mind the noise as much." Except, of course, until one firecracker went off right next to my ear! These days though, many don't use those little firecrackers anymore. They use the big stuff that shakes things in your houses!

We loved fireworks when the kids were little, but we did not set them off in any neighborhood. Always went out into an open field far from houses, and Not at Midnight when folks were trying to sleep. Our next door neighbor sets them off all the time, and almost always, late at night. Last night we had a bedroom full of smoke because I had the window open, came downstairs for a few minutes, and they started setting them off.

Oh well, nothing I can do about it, so I just grit my teeth and shut the windows.

I'm not in the least bit a fan of fireworks in neighborhoods, but I also am not a fan of banning things. At what point will be stop cancelling or eradicating things? I am highly allergic to perfume and any other artificial scents and yet it's everywhere. I can't ask the rest of the world to stop using it. We all have something that offends us and if we get rid of it all, we will have nothing left in life.

I have let some people know about their strong perfumes Ana. Some were nice enough to tone it down and others didn't give a hoot if I choked to death or had a horrible headache at my desk in the office or my public transportation seat. What are ya gonna do? I also don't believe in banning everything. We are all different. Strong cleaning products also kill me and caused me problems at work.

Me and cleaning products are the same, oldbroad. And I go in houses with those air fresheners in every socket and if I can't get in and out quickly I am ill or get a migraine. I don't have the right to tell them how to live so I have to adjust.

Ana

Ana, I feel your pain. G'son had friends over yesterday and I had to literally go hide in my room for most of the day. One of them had on so much body spray that I could taste it. Chest and head both started to go, so I hid. The deal was the kids would not be in the house, but that sooooooooo did not last.

L4L, I used to give the neighborhood kids one chance if they were new and my kids didn't tell them. After that, they'd have to go home, take a shower and change clothes. They learned. My house is my only safe space and I'm not shy about telling someone. Fortunately none of my friends wear perfume and my kids are all out of the house.
Young kids and that Axe body spray they prefer over showering is enough to gag you!
Sorry you had to exile yourself in your own home.

Ana

Yea, I wasn't a fan, but other than not having a computer in my room, I was fine! Read the paper, etc.

When it was My kids, I did the same. But this is different as I don't get the final say with g'son. Well, I could, but it would cause a huge fight and just wasn't worth it.

However, next time I get the "We'll stay outside" pitch, the answer will be no.

I Love fireworks but................

https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-europe-55511016

I also loathe those awful stinky things for the outlets. And the stinky things for cars! Gag me! I traded vehicles with my Step-daughter one year when she was home for deer-hunting season. She immediately put one of those horrid things in my truck. It took me two weeks of driving with the windows down in the dead of winter to finally get rid of the stench! Next year I told her we could only switch vehicles if she didn't put one of the awful Febreze clips on the vent! When I'm cleaning stalls down at the Rescue Ranch, yeah, sometimes it smells like horse poop, but I'll take that smell any old day over those cloying fake stenches!

I'm with you, Drac

It's the safety issue that bothers me with neighborhood fireworks. Last summer a toddler in NYC was injured when a fireworks rocket went in through an open window where she was sleeping. It seems that a group of unsupervised older kids were aiming them at each other.

Drac, those air fresheners for the car are the worst! Not only are they offensive to the nose, they are all so unhealthy for you. I will take the wet dog smell in my car over that any day!
One thing I notice being in and out of client houses all day is the houses with the artificial scents everywhere they also have countertops full of nose sprays, allergy meds and cold remedies. I would love to tell them that they may not have to suffer year-round if they threw out all the [blip]!

Ana

Even worse are the "essential oils" crowd. A woman I used to bowl with would come in smelling so BAD, no one would get near her! They there are the dogs that have died with someone used tea tree oil in a diffuser.

I just saw I got "blipped". Whoops!
Drac, I have my Patchouli oil and a few combo sprays for moods but I rarely use them. I like "life" smells instead of masked odors.

Ana

I noticed you got [blipped] too!! Indeed... I'll even take my stinky Bloodhound smells first!