[robowombat]

This happened on New Year's Eve. People in south Louisiana fire off more fireworks on that evening than on the 4th of July. I live in a pretty upscale area and New Year's Eve sounds like a full scale battle going on. This year was a bit more restrained than usual as it was a wet and cold evening. The din from fireworks can be deafening on this evening and literal clouds of gun powder smoke often drift on the breeze. Also people still, although much less than even ten years ago, fire weapons into the air to greet the new year. If you want to shoot someone and no one will notice the gunfire report new year's would be a fine time to do it in south Louisiana.

[jocon307]

Ah, that does explain a lot. Thanks! We had some folks setting off fireworks here at the Jersey Shore too. Pretty far from us, but we could see and hear them. I banged my pot, you gotta make a little noise!