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No opinion really. If people wanna have fireworks let em
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They are harmful to wildlife, terrifying to pets, and to people with PTSD.
So… a regularly occuring thunderstorm is… what?
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Except when people in your neighbourhood don’t coordinate, and it’s Friday and Saturday and Sunday and actual holiday Monday. I have no issue if we can keep it to the one night.
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One might know that the big show is going on and roughly when it's going to end. But then the night is filled with folks shooting off their own half assed shows and that's where the trauma response really builds.
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My war vet buddy doesn't get to tell his trauma brain, "it's just one night. Chill out."
He, admittedly, can get stoned out of his fucking mind and sort of limp through the 1st. But it's hard to be stones that much for the two days leading up to and the two days after, which is when neighborhoods were firing things off.
Last year, we hauled it out of town and spent the nights watching stars and buddies kept me in the loop with things sort of died down for the evening. This year, I'm in a different town, so hoping he's got someone else helping out.
If it was one night, one show, controlled start and stop, cool. But it's not, and that's kind of the frustration part.
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1 day doesn't make a difference. Far more money is wasted on things.
Cost?
So?
Pollution?
Tiny blip on the radar.
Crowd control?
Wut??
Cost? It’s free
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Every night for a week right at 10 pm. People's children are sleeping and it scares the dogs.
They aren't doing them where I am this year. Drone show instead.
I don't see why not, and I think for the few times a year they happen people need to chill out.
Giver!
I'm cool with fireworks a couple of times per year. Canada day seems like as good a time as any for them.
On July 1, sure.
But I expect with the holiday on Monday this year, that people in the neighbourhood will set off fireworks on Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and Monday. Which makes it a fucking miserable four days for my dog.
I’m ok with fireworks as long as they’re in a controlled environment. If they are used by ordinary folks so many things can go wrong! 😑
meh..not a fan because they scare animals. spend money on something different, like free poutine for all! 🇨🇦
My personal opinion is you've seen one fireworks show you've seen them all but if people want to go to one it doesn't effect me. I'd prefer them not being set off right next to my house though.
If it were up to me I’d cancel them because they scare the willies out of my dog.
Drone shows are cooler, the gear is reusable, and it doesn’t freak out my dog.
If it was JUST on a few celebratory days, I'd be fine with it.
It's not, though. My neighbours and the cottagers started setting them off a week ago. Nightly. We have to put on a fire ban to make them stop. Personal fireworks being set off by morons who can't drive stick or stay sober whenever they want to, that's a no from me.
Love fireworks! 🎆 🎇💥 Let the people enjoy this one thing
I'd say replace them with drone shows. No loud explosive noises and cooler displays besides just fashes of colour. Who wouldn't prefer that?
Calgary is in a fire ban and they are still doing fireworks 🤷♂️
They're over the city, not over a forest. The roof of a building doesn't get drier during a drought
Normal people are not even allowed to use a propane fire pit but the city is allowed to launch fire balls into the sky. Good to know you think houses cannot burn either.
Yes they can which explains the annual inferno that breaks out on the first Friday of every July in CGY
Celebrate the birth of your country by blowing up a small part of it.
https://youtu.be/rGJseovT8ug?si=AvE-a7trleZ1Hu-t
Well, as a Dutch person hear me out: we’re allowed to have our own fireworks on new years eve for decades! The last couple of years. The government and half of our civilization, want to ban fireworks though. We opt to have the local government organize save fireworks shows! The damage and emergency incidents every year is just out of control! Also, there are riots EVERY year.
Imo: the less people have their own fireworks, the better.
Ps. Video is a big wink for all the non-dutchies. Have a great day
Yes, there should be fireworks.
Well my dog sure doesn’t like them
As a kid it was neat, but as I’ve grown older I’ve kinda enjoyed them less and less. Especially when people light them off when they’re not supposed to. Usually in my area, fireworks encompass almost a full week with the actual holiday in the middle. That’s not the allowed time period for them, but nobody cares and it’s never enforced. I’d much rather it not sound like a war zone outside my house, but there’s not a hell of a lot I can do.
I'm cool with fireworks if it's like, a formal event set up by the town or whatever, but when it's just some guy in his backyard with a beer and a dream it's kind of just annoying at best and dangerous at worst.
Yea there should be fireworks
It's Canada Day. Not a random tuesday at 3 am. Everybody knows to brace themselves and prepare for noise.
Fireworks are fun thus they offend people
My only issue is it's city taxes that get used for said shows and while for someplace like Vancouver it would be a drop in the bucket my town of 60k spent almost 50 thousand dollar for a 10 minute show. Just use the money for something that will benefit all the citizens instead of something people will record with their phones to never watch again
Drone shows are way better than fireworks IMO.
Considering there’s a water crisis in Calgary I’m furious
Fireworks on july 1 are great. its fun to watch.