I don't see anything on my calendar...

[cleolinda]

Okay, can someone in the Homewood area (nearish to Samford University) tell me what the hell was going on today? There was loud music all afternoon/evening a couple of streets over from me, and then at 10 pm, just now, there was ten minutes of giant, downtown Birmingham, Fourth of July-quality fireworks. Seriously, I watched them from my kitchen window, the big one that's in all the pictures I take--they couldn't have been more than a street or two away. Shelby nearly keeled over, she was so scared--and right after, when Mom took her outside one last time before bed, she (Mom) reported hearing police sirens and fire trucks on the way.

"I bet the fireworks scared someone so bad they had a heart attack," she said indignantly. "Why else would there be fire trucks?"

"Uh, because the fireworks STARTED A FIRE?"

"... Whatever."


ETA: Well, this explains both the music and the fireworks.

The Stadium Fest family-oriented outreach event presented by Scott Dawson Evangelistic Association will be held today from noon to 9:30 p.m. in Seibert Stadium at Samford University.

Well, they reached my dog. And nearly gave her a coronary. I do wonder what the police and fire trucks were for though now. There really is a no-noise-after-10-pm ordinance, and it looks like their 9:20 fireworks show started really late, so... I hope my neighbors called the cops on Samford. I would never stop laughing.

Comments

[redcoast.livejournal.com]

Fireworks stash explosion is my bet.

[sarasaid.livejournal.com]

a friend of mine was once sideswiped by an ambulance that was on its way to pick up somebody who got burned while setting off 4th of july fireworks. she was fine, her car was totalled. the driver of the ambulance stopped to make sure she was ok, then left her and kept going to the burned guy. he did, however, call for backup.

random response!

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

But I watched them, and they were spaced out like a planned fireworks program, complete with grand finale. And they ran from exactly 10:00 to 10:10.

[hjsnapepm.livejournal.com]

LOL. You're mom's idea would never have crossed my mind. I suppose I should start considering that the sirens I often hear after lightning strikes may be ambulances for whoever the lighting hit, instead of the fire trucks for whatever it hit, like I usually assume.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

I think she just wanted there to be some awful consequence so they would get in trouble REALLY, REALLY BAD.

[redcoast.livejournal.com]

So it didn't look anything like this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wB14PML6KFw&feature=PlayList&p=59AE1DA4299F9AB7&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=11)? I'm out of guesses, then!

[gorgeousnerd]

I live in the desert where anyone not official using fireworks is illegal, so the thought that sirens wouldn't be going to arrest someone or put out a fire is amazing to me.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Those Kids I Hate are always setting off fireworks on minor holidays, but they're, like--you know, noisemaker type stuff, things you hear but that I've never actually seen. So I'm guessing those are legal? I really don't know anything about fireworks laws around here, except that I've never seen a show that big anywhere 1) not on July 4th and 2) so close to my house.

[lisa-zj.livejournal.com]

Ahahahahahaha! Your mom rocks! :)

Glad to see you feeling well enough to be annoyed!

[musikologie.livejournal.com]

Sports event? University spring fest?

[phosphorescent.livejournal.com]

As a resident of Georgia, I can tell you that fireworks are legal in Alabama. For the longest time, we (Georgians) would be forced to traverse across our neighbors borders to purchase fireworks/noisemakers. Hence the GIANT fireworks stores off the interstate in Alabama and South Carolina (and Florida? and Tennessee? Yeah, probably, though I have no good reason to go to any of those states).

[wenelda.livejournal.com]

I had to lol at the conversation you had with your mother. It sounds exactly like what would be said with mine.

[wenelda.livejournal.com]

And TN, yes. I have traversed the TN/GA state line many times now, and there are huge warehouses to sell fireworks in TN.

AND YET IT IS ILLEGAL TO SET THEM OFF IN THE CITIES HERE. Go fig.

[lisa-zj.livejournal.com]

Here you go Cleo, this is what was going on....


http://www.al.com/religion/birminghamnews/index.ssf?/base/living/1240647356302270.xml&coll=2

[mollywobbles867.livejournal.com]

That's really weird. The only thing I found on Google that could explain it happened last weekend, not this weekend. Looks like someone figured it out.

[ericadawn16.livejournal.com]

There's plenty of good reasons to go to Florida...

but legal fireworks is not one of them because you do have to sign a statement that it will be used for agriculture purposes. There's another acceptable reason but I forget what it is.

However, we do have big tents in spite of this and bans on fireworks because of the drought.

[ppyajunebug.livejournal.com]

We don't have fireworks in our town anymore because two years ago a bunch went off near the crowd and a whole bunch of kids and parents had to go to the hospital burn unit. We have laser light shows now, because you know, they can't blind you or anything.

[kitrinlu.livejournal.com]

I have no idea what was going on, just wanted to say that I love your mother ♥ ♥ ♥

[chris-walsh.livejournal.com]

"Recall, recall, uh, the 25th of April, y'all..."

[aka-paloma.livejournal.com]

In other news: Cleo's mom continues to be awesome.

:D

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

OH ARE YOU FOR REAL. Well, apparently their fireworks ran late.

[lisa-zj.livejournal.com]

OMG!!! I was just browsing around in Cleo's old entries and found this!! I think I love it almost **almost** as much as SLoD. Such lulz, I laughed my butt off!

http://cleolinda.livejournal.com/314893.html#cutid2

[lisa-zj.livejournal.com]

That is hilarious, I didn't even notice. Hey, at least they got the day right. Maybe I could get a job proofreading? I could do at least as well as whoever is already there. :)

[hakojo.livejournal.com]

Darnit...I thought it was some nationwide thing that was about to be explained, because we had massive fireworks at 10 PM here in Ohio.

[thisiamdenied.livejournal.com]

Oh my god, hope puppy is okay!