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Anonymous032819 — Tue, 15 Jun 2021 03:18:43 GMT

I was watching my local news tonight, and there was a story where the police want residents to let them know who is setting off illegal fireworks, and where. You know the kind, the kind that shoots up into the air, and rivals the professional kind.

Yeaaaah, nnnooo.

I park on the street, and don't need my car vandalized, or a rock thrown through my window, or to be accosted.

Have you, or would you report someone setting off illegal fireworks?

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Linmo — Tue, 15 Jun 2021 03:25:38 GMT

@Anonymous032819 I'm in CA where fire danger is a big concern. In my county, even the smallest violation for fireworks is a $1000 fine. I don't think there's any sort of reward for reporting someone. I would report someone if I felt there was a fire risk.

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kitcat51 — Tue, 15 Jun 2021 03:33:52 GMT

Of course I would.

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SurferWife — Tue, 15 Jun 2021 03:47:10 GMT

YES

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mspatmac — Tue, 15 Jun 2021 03:50:44 GMT

I would and I have.

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decaf — Tue, 15 Jun 2021 03:58:53 GMT

YES.

Where I live all fireworks are illegal but that doesn't mean we don't have specialty fireworks stores that sell them or thousands who set them off.

Year to date we have a 10 inch deficit of rain, we're in a drought, but no local agency has banned them so far this year. Crazy.

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Kachina624 — Tue, 15 Jun 2021 04:12:50 GMT

Indeed I would. They don't have any way of knowing who reported them. Beats having your house burned down.

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January121 — Tue, 15 Jun 2021 04:47:02 GMT

I would definitely report them & if I could find/catch them I would light one & stick it on them where the sun doesn’t shine .... that should teach them 😂🤣

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Foxxee — Tue, 15 Jun 2021 05:57:46 GMT

They'd have to get them from another source because they are not sold in my state.

There are only a few that use fireworks in my neighborhood, and I wouldn't know if what they are using is illegal or not. None are set off close to my house and I won't be running around outside to see if any are illegal.

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Desertdi — Tue, 15 Jun 2021 08:19:09 GMT

@Kachina624 wrote:
Indeed I would. They don't have any way of knowing who reported them. Beats having your house burned down.

@Kachina624

PHX has finally outlawed aerial fireworks. I am on a cliff, and the people below fired skyrockets for any occasion; their team scored or whatever. The displays were right in front of my windows, and the chaff landed in my yard. I was scared out of my wits........

Re: your earlier thread.........in addition to the heat, wind, and smog.....we now have SMOKE from the fires. It's probably headed in your direction.....waaaaaay uphill..... di

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Kachina624 — Tue, 15 Jun 2021 16:17:34 GMT

@Desertdi Thanks for the warning but the smoke has been here a couple of weeks. There have been times when it's so bad, I can't see 10,300ft Sandia Crest across the valley. They've been warning people with respiratory problems to stay inside. If the heat doesn't get you, the air will.

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AuntG — Tue, 15 Jun 2021 16:41:03 GMT

Probably not, with the exception if they were landing on roofs or the dry woods nearby. I worry when things are so dry in July and people shoot of illegal fireworks.

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Sooner — Tue, 15 Jun 2021 17:20:37 GMT

@mspatmac wrote:
I would and I have.

@mspatmac On the fourth of July? Nah. UNLESS it was very dry in the area and it was back in the day when all roofs were wood.

Then, yes I might for rockets, but for roman candals or firecrackers? Probably not.

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shoptilyadropagain — Tue, 15 Jun 2021 17:26:17 GMT

As long as I knew for certain where they were coming from, you betcha I would call. I wish the police would offer this in my city.

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Marp — Tue, 15 Jun 2021 17:32:11 GMT

I live in an area where there are a lot of illegal aerial fireworks set off. I had a dog that was terrorized by the noise but even worse, an Afghan war vet neighbor that suffers from PTSD needed to be hospitalized because of the fireworks.

You bet I would not only report the violators, I'd do my best to video the activity to be used against them.

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suzyQ3 — Tue, 15 Jun 2021 17:39:31 GMT

In a California second!

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hennypenny — Tue, 15 Jun 2021 17:52:23 GMT

Absoulutely. I have done it before and would again.

They are illegal here. We are in a red flag situation and in a high fire area.

Re the smoke. The dyson air filter fan gizmo really works. It really helped us with the fires and smoke last year. We sent one to a friend at Santa Cruz last year and they were so relieved. I sent the tiny one to my son at Tahoe. He said even that one helped with their smoke.----No, I don't work for dyson, but those thingees really work.!