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Saturday, June 30, 2007 9:24:13 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)

Fireworks

Happy Stinkin' week of the Fourth of July.

 

Indiana's new fireworks law, which went into effect last year, royally STINKS! (and for the delicate nature of some of my most devoted fans -- my mom -- that's the language I shall use.)

􀂾 FIREWORKS MAY BE USED ONLY;

→ON THE USER’S PROPERTY; OR

→ON THE PROPERTY OF SOMEONE WHO HAS CONSENTED TO THE USE OF FIREWORKS ON THE PROPERTY

→AT A SPECIAL DISCHARGE LOCATION

􀂾"special discharge location" = a place designated for the discharge of consumer fireworks under temporary policies of the State Fire Marshal in effect until the Fire Prevention and Building Safety Commission adopts rules

􀂾CONSUMER AND SEC. 8(a) FIREWORKS MAY BE USED ONLY BETWEEN 9:00 A.M. AND 11:00 P.M. ON DAYS OTHER THAN HOLIDAYS

􀂾HOLIDAYS INCLUDE MEMORIAL DAY, JULY 4, LABOR DAY AND NEW YEAR’S EVE

 

What this brilliance means is that anyone can shoot off whatever they want, wherever they want to, however late they want to, except on those listed holidays, when the law requires that they do it even more than they want to.

So. It's not even July yet. (But it's the weekend night before the 4th.) And so, for the past, oh, hour and a half or so (since it got dark), there has been the continued barrage of explosions large and small. And it only gets better.

I have to give a shout-out to the brilliant political and legal minds who thought this was a good idea.
(Law details from http://www.in.gov/dhs/fire/branches/fire_and_building_code/fireworks/newlaw.pdf; all punctuation is as appears in the document.)

Posted in Personal |Comments [1]     

Tuesday, July 03, 2007 3:35:47 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)
What you Hate: how scandalous, how terrible, how negative that you hate that stuff! Me too. Sounds like you could do dangerous fireworks any time and any place you wanted to! We probably have similar "rules." Well, admittedly, i do like them confined to a safe place and done by qualified persons at a GREAT distance! They are pretty. However, they are pretty nasty making dreadful sounds at night when one is trying to sleep also--not to mention the danger. Yes, even in our little quiet community and with neighbors not that close, they still sound like machine gun fire and keep me awake. Ok, so much for my gripes too. You're right: they STINK!!!!
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