who's doing what on the 4th

[Head]

HOLY CRAP!!  I had way to much fun.  I wasn't just feeding last night, I got to fire off, I don't remember how many.  There where 96 shells between the four 6" tubes that 5 guys including me where on.  And there where i think 13 launchers in all with various sizes.  For a solid half hour there was something in the air aside from a small pause, see next paragraph, and the few moments before the grand finale.  I can never just watch a fireworks show again.  I will be on that island shooting them off till I am no longer able.  

One of the other guys with me commented at the end that I must have gotten the majority of the short/quick fuses.  One did go off in the tube eight feet away from me.  I was loading a round and about to light it when I heard/felt a BIG BANG to my right.  I dropped the flare stumbled a bit and ran up the beach.  Nobody hurt aside from my ringing ear.

As another told me last night, " Where else can you drink beer, play with explosives, and not go to jail or be shot at."  

MXVET-I work tongiht so see ya there if ya come.

[Thunder7]

" Where else can you drink beer, play with explosives......"

And some people wonder why there are injuries and fatalities at some fireworks displays.  

The two years I worked with the crew that did Northbrook's, we had squibs and an electronic firing board
(Home made by an electrical engineer). Day one was spent building the firing racks and burying the steel
launch tubes and day two was spent wiring the fuses with squibs, setting the fireworks into their respective
tubes/racks then running the wires about 100 feet to the firing board.

The flares and other dangerous stuff we left to the amateurs.

[Head]

Just so you now it wasn't a pack of drunks blowing shit up.  Safety is foremost with Fire Department. ALWAYS.  Yes we are Amateurs, its all volunteers, but most have taken a fireworks handling class and have at least 5-6 years experience, not counting the handful that have done it for nearly the whole 25 years we have been putting on a show.  

I was the least experienced, there was another but he had done shows before down in WI

Live is about risk and what levels you are willing to accept.

[Thunder7]

Just so you now it wasn't a pack of drunks blowing shit up.  Safety is foremost with Fire Department. ALWAYS.  Yes we are Amateurs, its all volunteers, but most have taken a fireworks handling class and have at least 5-6 years experience, not counting the handful that have done it for nearly the whole 25 years we have been putting on a show.  

I was the least experienced, there was another but he had done shows before down in WI

Live is about risk and what levels you are willing to accept.

You're 100% correct there.

[mxvet57]

You're 100% correct there.

 fred, looks like you got shot down  

[Thunder7]

 fred, looks like you got shot down  

Not in the least. The hardest thing about text is being able to see the difference between being shot down and choosing to not waste time arguing about something that just doesnt mean $h1t.

[Head]

Not shooting at anyone, just felt I needed to temper my enthusiam.  I'm not arguing points, people do what they can with what they have.

There was a nasty accident a bunch of years ago at a display down in Hancock, thats 50 miles south of here.  They lost their licence or permit, whichever, to put on shows.  So it happens.

I don't want misconceptions circulating about our safety practices.  My wording left some interpretation.

Good night all.