Cancelled Fireworks
About 45 minutes before the local fireworks were to start, a dust storm blew through, followed closely by lots of wind and (what I call pretend rain) a few sprinkles. The fireworks were cancelled, which made sense to me given where they planned to have them: close to the river bed full of dried plants and shrubs. I wasn’t sure how the organizers were going to keep the river bottom from catching on fire given the wind and the conditions. I read in the paper today that the fire from ten days ago is finally contained after burning more than 6600 acres southeast of here. That fire was harder to contain because it was in a dry river bed where there’s plenty of brush and the like to burn.
Anyway, the fireworks were cancelled.
I went outside during the storm because I thought it was going to rain more than the normal 8 drops of muddy water. The (adult) neighbor (of the kids that burned the tree while I was in Flagstaff) asked me if I wanted to set off fireworks with them. I’m not sure what look I must have had on my face, but he then said maybe it wasn’t the smartest idea given the wind. No kidding. I’m not sure if they just lack common sense or if they have an unconscious desire to burn down their house, and possibly mine because of the location. The wind was still blowing hard when I went to bed around midnight and I never heard any fireworks from next door so I’m guessing that they chose wisely to not set any off.
Wow! I have to say that it sounds like your neighbors, both adult and child, lack common sense….mostly. I’m glad the fireworks were cancelled. Fire is so devastating to land, property, people. Not something to play with.