MandysMom wrote:Tonight I'm sitting here trying not to flinch enough to throw my back out as about every 15 min for past hour, loud bangs of firework rockets keep going off. I can't tell where they are or I'd call it in. Even Mandy jumps and she's a pretty steady calm kitty.
Velda
The. . . [expletive deleted] in my immediate area began torching off the booms this past Tuesday (June 23). More booms each night - generally in the 11:00 p.m. - 12:00 a.m. range.
If past years are any indication, these booms will increase in number and frequency over the next week, generally coming to an ear-deafing, cacophonic peak on the 4th (with pretty much constant, non-stop booming between 9:00 p.m. and midnight).
I'm talking the works here - bottle rockets, cherry bombs, etc. With the bottle rockets (set off in a fairly dense neighborhood, for crying out loud!) I am always concerned that one will land on my roof and set my house on fire (it has happened here).
Like you, Velda, if I knew where they were coming from I would call it in. I have always gone camping up in the mountains somewhere at a place that doesn't allow fireworks for the week of the 4th. I had some delightful reservations at a couple of Oregon State campgrounds for this year, but due to the 'situation' ended up cancelling. Woulda been nice.
After the 4th, the booms will slowly taper off until July 6 or 7, when they will be mostly over. After a week or so of constant bombardment.
Big Joe is
not calm or steady, so far as loud noises go. Loud bangs are the absolute worst. He gets very irrational and tries to do weird things that he never tries to do otherwise. Like try to climb behind the tv, or jump on the dining-room table. Maybe take a try at jumping through the living room plate-glass window. That kind of thing. For now, I need to keep him crated when the banging starts - I have to remove his food and water dish first, because he gets so very agitated that I am concerned he could injure himself on them.
I am NOT looking forward to the 4th.
WickedLady wrote:I love it here at the ocean!
Yeah, the ocean would be nice, if I could only get myself there. For now, I'm just sitting here dreaming of Mt. Adams (photo above). Adams is one of the very large stratovolcanoes in Washington state.
Be still my heart.
Anne
Although we can't do anything about the weather, at least we can talk about it. 
