Today's fireworks drama, I can't take much more of this.
By Marie Coyle
@MarieCoyle (46022)
July 8, 2025 9:08pm CST
We have reached way past the ridiculous stage of the booming fireworks at all hours of the day and night.
Last night, every time I drifted off, there were booms, again and again. I ran two fans for noise, but the fireworks were very loud. I found out today they were several blocks away, and the guy was arrested. Good.
About 7:;30 PM this evening, I heard a loud popping noise that my son swore was a machine gun of some type. Very regular with the shots/noises, and absolutely terrifying. Sirens shortly after this started...a house close to the one that caught fire and burned down the other night from fireworks decided to make some big noise with a ''firecracker roll'' special thing you can evidently buy in Indiana so of course these people bought it and lugged it home to Illinois. Police sirens, then they even blew the siren thing that announces tornadoes, supposedly to keep us all inside (who in the world would go outside, if you thought it was a machine gun?)
Neighborhood grapevine, and the Facebook page that is for our particular city, explained it and said it was one of these firecracker rolls called Sky King, that are specially made to scare the pants off of anyone...and they surely did. Hundreds of ''shots fired'' loud pops...I do hope they got arrested, too. Maybe I will find out at 10 PM when the news comes on.
What makes people do these things? Are they bored? Wanting to cause trouble and scare people to death? They don't realize it's July 8th now, not July 4th?
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12 responses
@Vikingswest1 (6460)
• United States
14h
Back when I was a kid and the illegal fireworks were legal, they were shot off for a full week before and after the 4th.
To some, the percussion, the scent, the bright array of controlled fire is fun and exciting. They aren't thinking of others. I'm certain no one is lighting off their fireworks to harm or upset anyone.
I will be the first to admit that if a person doesn't like fireworks, even one day of reports can be trying. All you can do is either find them and report them or do the best you can to ignore it. Until New Years Eve, lol.
Sorry they are dragging this out. I hope they stop soon.
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@Vikingswest1 (6460)
• United States
14h
@MarieCoyle I am all for a day or two with fireworks but three weeks would set me off. Hahah didja see what I did there?
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@MarieCoyle (46022)
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14h
It all started nightly about the middle of June. It’s been three full weeks of this, and most people are so tired of all the noise.
I never report them as they are not in my immediate neighborhood, they are a few blocks away. But I don’t have to, evidently enough people report them.
Thank you, many of us hope that stops very soon.
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@MarieCoyle (46022)
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14h
You are fortunate!! I am so tired of them. Every time I get to sleep, here comes some more booms!
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@AmbiePam (100305)
• United States
14h
@MarieCoyle Me and my big mouth. Someone is setting them off now.
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@MarieCoyle (46022)
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13h
@AmbiePam
Oh, dear. I’m sorry. It’s all way past the stupid point!
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@FourWalls (76432)
• United States
14h
I don’t get it. When I was a kid, the only thing that was legal was “sparklers.” These things cause trauma to pets and to veterans, so what is the purpose of buying 14 tons of them to set them off from July 1 until Labor Day????
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@MarieCoyle (46022)
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13h
I know, I don’t get it, either. We had sparklers—with supervision!
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@MarieCoyle (46022)
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13h
I wish they were totally banned in every state, and we just had the organized fireworks shows and that’s all. It would be enough!
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@JudyEv (357891)
• Rockingham, Australia
8h
@MarieCoyle That seems to be becoming the norm nowadays. I agree it's not good.
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@MarieCoyle (46022)
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9h
There is such an attitude now that some people just don't care...about anyone. They do what they want to do, when they want to do it, and if you don't like it, too bad. It's not good.
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@LindaOHio (193904)
• United States
10h
These people don't really think about how it affects others.
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@MarieCoyle (46022)
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9h
Not only do they not think, they just don't care. It's all about them, and only them.
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@nela13 (59075)
• Portugal
Just now
Is it usual for the 4th of July celebrations to last so many days?
@Nakitakona (57461)
• Philippines
4h
Before any pyrotrchnics are forcing out everyone's earwax due to very loud noise. And accidents couldn't be controlled to happen. Now they were totally banned.
