A decidedly more quiet Fourth of July will occur tonight in cities nationwide. Hundreds of thousands of Americans will undoubtedly notice the silence instead of the expected tremendous booms. (RELATED: Loss Of Patriotism Leading Some Americans To Rethink July Fourth Celebrations)
Citing multiple concerns, from safety to climate change to veterans with PTSD, cities like San Diego, Salt Lake City and Boulder, Colorado, are replacing traditional rockets with illuminated flying machines.
The Washington Times has more:
Boulder, home to the University of Colorado, held an annual “Ralphie's Independence Day Blast” fireworks show since 1941 until COVID-19 restrictions disrupted the display.
The city's fireworks show was named for a 500-plus-pound live buffalo mascot called Ralphie who charges onto the school's football field before games. Boulder said it switched to drones this year because of safety concerns.
“The shift from traditional fireworks to drones was not an easy decision and based on a number of factors, including increased fire danger fueled by climate change,” city officials announced on Boulder's website. “While the show is going to be a bit different, it promises to be a fantastic show that aligns with our Sustainability, Equity and Resilience Framework.”
Firework mishandling causes severe burns, injuries and even death. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission reported 10,000 emergency room cases from last year's Independence Day celebrations and 11 fatalities. Most come from firecrackers and sparkles, which burn at nearly 2,000 degrees Fahrenheit.
Still, cities have been burned by pyrotechnics. San Diego set off all its fireworks at once during Independence Day celebrations in 2012. Video of the show spread online, and millions of people have since watched the glorious display of freedom.
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add sparklers to drones for flights etc
Ok, so fireworks must go, since they’re responsible for 11 deaths last year? Open borders fentanyl carried in by democratic party members invited undocumented invaders allow the Democratic Party to murder 300 youthful Americans and innocent children daily! Last year our illegal communist masters stopped counting after they murdered about 100,000 and now maybe as much as a quarter million have been murdered by refusing to close their borders of death by on purpose negligence. They will not visit their borders of death, and they refuse to close their borders of death. Crying parents of children the party has openly murdered beg them to close their borders of death, and the evil in charge laughs in their faces. We are allow without punishment of democrats responsible for this crime against humanity to allow mass murder of our own people to guarantee countless millions of undocumented future voters on tax payers assistance. Yup, stop fire works that killed 11 people, but murdering countless thousands of innocent youth from open borders fentanyl laced street drugs must not stop, the democrats deadly invasion must continue as illegal communist masters told us. If your child dies the democrats do not really give a crap at all, they sleep like babies at night. Their treasonous plan is millions of undocumented must continue running across the democratic party’s borders of death to guarantee an end to fair elections with countless millions of welfare depended voters, our people will be taxed to support without their consent to keep a Marxist deadly treasonous cancer in power.
WHAT IF a city gave a toned-down, WOKE 4th of July celebration and — NOBODY CAME? They stayed home and celebrated in their backyard?
uh–no.
Wtf is an equitable fireworks show?
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