Fireworks Canceled For Oregon Town

Feds pressure Oregon town to cancel July 3 fireworks show due to a few sea birds losing eggs to predators.

What do y'all think?

That sucks! There's nothing more Ammurican than fireworks!

here in Illinois, due to the heat and no rain, its so dry and such, they cancelled the fireworks for the 4th.

sucks.

In Colorado, all fireworks are illegal as well as campfires.

Just play the song Firework by Katy Perry instead.

Just play the song Firework by Katy Perry instead.

arad96

Well, they're both ear rape after the first twenty five seconds.

In all honesty, fireworks should be cancelled/banned temporarily for the heat/droughts going on right now and city firework events should be postponed to when it is safer to do. Too many fires are going to start under current conditions. We don't need what is happening in Colorado to happen across the entire country. ttobba07

So a fireworks show at a place like Lenox Square Shopping Mall in Atlanta where it is nothing but concrete and steel should not have their fireworks due to heat and drought conditions? What about on top of Stone Mountain, a giant granite monolith? Neither will not burn.

fireworks are pointless, its a cool thing to do with kids when they are young but after that. Its just a waste of money

[QUOTE="ttobba07"]In all honesty, fireworks should be cancelled/banned temporarily for the heat/droughts going on right now and city firework events should be postponed to when it is safer to do. Too many fires are going to start under current conditions. We don't need what is happening in Colorado to happen across the entire country. WhiteKnight77

So a fireworks show at a place like Lenox Square Shopping Mall in Atlanta where it is nothing but concrete and steel should not have their fireworks due to heat and drought conditions? What about on top of Stone Mountain, a giant granite monolith? Neither will not burn.

When a firework explodes, it launches off debris that could still be hot several hundred feet away unless you are doing it in a sealed environment which is extremely dangerous. That could land on a dry patch of grass and ignite it. It could land on unusually dry wood used to construct the mall or on a display at the mall causing a fire. With 2/3 of the country in drought conditions and 3/4 of the country under 90+ degree weather, fireworks are extremely dangerous in any hands no matter how trained you are.

[QUOTE="WhiteKnight77"]

[QUOTE="ttobba07"]In all honesty, fireworks should be cancelled/banned temporarily for the heat/droughts going on right now and city firework events should be postponed to when it is safer to do. Too many fires are going to start under current conditions. We don't need what is happening in Colorado to happen across the entire country. ttobba07

So a fireworks show at a place like Lenox Square Shopping Mall in Atlanta where it is nothing but concrete and steel should not have their fireworks due to heat and drought conditions? What about on top of Stone Mountain, a giant granite monolith? Neither will not burn.

When a firework explodes, it launches off debris that could still be hot several hundred feet away unless you are doing it in a sealed environment which is extremely dangerous. That could land on a dry patch of grass and ignite it. It could land on unusually dry wood used to construct the mall or on a display at the mall causing a fire. With 2/3 of the country in drought conditions and 3/4 of the country under 90+ degree weather, fireworks are extremely dangerous in any hands no matter how trained you are.

So you are saying that a city should not have a fireworks show for the people over a concrete area that will not burn. Really brilliant.

Living in VA and listening to the fireworks just made me appreciate the red states some more, because we don't deal with this king of BS.

I feel bad for Oregen though and the rest of the states who can't do fireworks.

[QUOTE="ttobba07"]

When a firework explodes, it launches off debris that could still be hot several hundred feet away unless you are doing it in a sealed environment which is extremely dangerous. That could land on a dry patch of grass and ignite it. It could land on unusually dry wood used to construct the mall or on a display at the mall causing a fire. With 2/3 of the country in drought conditions and 3/4 of the country under 90+ degree weather, fireworks are extremely dangerous in any hands no matter how trained you are.

WhiteKnight77

So you are saying that a city should not have a fireworks show for the people over a concrete area that will not burn. Really brilliant.

Just because it originates over concrete doesn't mean it will stay over concrete. A firework is an explosion. That explosion sends out hot debris over a large area. Because of the unusually hot and dry conditions, it is a significantly higher chance to start an out of control fire. You are naive if you think the explosion will stay over concrete.

here in Illinois, due to the heat and no rain, its so dry and such, they cancelled the fireworks for the 4th.

sucks.

konvikt_17

I'm pretty sure they're still ok around here, but we've had more rain than the rest of the state.

[QUOTE="WhiteKnight77"]

So you are saying that a city should not have a fireworks show for the people over a concrete area that will not burn. Really brilliant.

ttobba07

Just because it originates over concrete doesn't mean it will stay over concrete. A firework is an explosion. That explosion sends out hot debris over a large area. Because of the unusually hot and dry conditions, it is a significantly higher chance to start an out of control fire. You are naive if you think the explosion will stay over concrete.

I am fully aware of what fireworks do, I have been attending fireworks shows longer than you have been around. The Japanese would put on really great shows for US service personnel stationed there with great ground displays to go with the aerial displays, I know they explode. I have also been setting off fireworks since before you were born.

I can tell that you have never been to Lenox Mall in Atlanta, maybe no shopping mall anywhere in the US. They have large concrete or asphalt parking lots. There may be some trees in it that are usually watered by underground sprinklers.

This is a view of Lenox Mall. From road to road in which the mall sits, it is over 1000'. Arrow number one is the concrete parking garage from where the fireworks are launched. Arrow number 2 is where the fireworks explode, above the mall. The few trees are watered as well as the 4" of rain they received last night. Nothing will burn. You are the niave one to think that there is anything that will burn out of control in this area. The Atlanta area may have broken records over the weekend, but those temps are behind and rain has fallen, even in the midst of a drought here. If the State or city were worried about fires from fireworks, they would pull the plug. As it is, I do not ever recall them pulling the plug on the Lenox Mall fireworks shows even during the worst droughts here in GA in the 20 years I have lived here.

[QUOTE="konvikt_17"]

here in Illinois, due to the heat and no rain, its so dry and such, they cancelled the fireworks for the 4th.

sucks.

worlock77

I'm pretty sure they're still ok around here, but we've had more rain than the rest of the state.

yea i kinda generalized. i was thinking about editing my OP with a more specific location, but was too lazy:P

anywho, i live in mascoutah, bout 20 miles from st louis. they cancelled the fireworks in my town and surrounding areas, and as far as i know, they cancelled them in st louis too.

first year without fireworks:(