The 4th was pretty awful on the Southside. The barrage got started at dusk and continued well into the 5th. Called 911 a couple of times, but frankly, without any exact location info from me, nothing much happened. My Aussie went pretty much ballistic on me. It was not a fun Independence Day for me and mine! To a lesser degree, at least one idiot who apparently cannot read a calendar shot off some really big stuff last evening. Apparently this person did not get enough pyrotechnical self-gratification on the 4th or perhaps had leftover "munitions" that needed to be used before they "spoiled". It seems very strange that this person's close by neighbors put up with this instead of calling 911. As concerned citizens, we all need to do our part, especially next year when the ban becomes enforcible.
The only conclusion that I can come to is that the BPD/BFD made an impressive effort to make the current "restrictions-only" fireworks ordinance work this year, but it's pretty obvious that the total ban that goes into effect on 6/18/14 is the only real solution to our City's fireworks insanity. Next year, with no sales within the City and law enforcement no longer hindered by having to witness the actual lighting of a fireworks, many idiots who have scoffed at the current ordinance will be much more vulnerable to fines and/or imprisonment in 2014. Later . . .
