the sounds of fireworks

[orleans]

makes me want to eat popcorn.

and we don't have any..... (insert sad face here)

[enlightenment]

1. It gives me a headache.

And concern, wondering if the idjits next door are going to set my roof or the incredibly dry foliage on fire. It sounds like a warzone. My cats have to be drugged to get through it. Unfun.

I can only imagine how the poor sods with PTSD feel tonight.

meh

[orleans]

2. i was thinking about the roof idea earlier.

i used to have a dog that had a terrible time with this holiday and new years eve because of the fireworks.

have you tried those thundershirts for your cats? i hear they are very helpful.

[enlightenment]

3. Actually, just about any garment will make them fall over

like they've been poleaxed, so I'm not sure if a thundershirt would work . . . or just immobilize them! I appreciate the thought, though - thank you.

We give them Bachs' Rescue Remedy for cats - it's enough to keep them from freaking out.

We live in the desert. It is bone dry here and downright stupid to be slinging sparks around with abandon, but heaven forbid that we don't celebrate our decision to be our own country with explosives.

meh.

[shenmue]

4. My dog used to freak out too

Poor thing.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

5. A little bit is okay as far as I'm concerned

but last night it went on from about 7:00 pm to well past midnight. It got on my nerves and I don't understand why it takes so much of one thing to satisfy people.

[orleans]

6. i just finished reading your post and BOOM!

the sound of a firework going off. it's almost eleven at night, the day AFTER the fourth. wow--boom indeed.

[dr.strangelove]

7. I don;t mind them on the 4th of July

but its that they seem to go a week before and a week after that bothers me.