Isolation Diary: Two things I noticed today because I was home, as I am, most of the time. The nightly fireworks and firecrackers….Why? The police can’t do much, could use some help. So this afternoon when I heard firecrackers close by, I went out front to investigate. Sound coming kitty-corner across the intersection upon which I live. Children and adults out in the front yard. Setting off firecrackers? What should I do? Go talk to them? No. No need. I realized the sound was the child having a glorious time jumping on bubble wrap. (BTW, I recommend this.) But tonight, as every night lately, there was a huge explosion outside my house. I happened to be close to a window and I saw a man running from the intersection back to a car parked right next to my house, get in, and the car sped away. I think he got in on the passenger side. So, are these people getting a kick out of coming to this intersection and setting off some huge firecracker? Not a firework, nothing pretty. Just loud. The nightly explosion is irritating because it is so loud and so startling. But seeing this person scurry back to the car and then hot tail it, moves the whole thing closer to the silly category. I imagine these two people sort of gleeful that they have once again gotten away with making a loud noise. A loud noise. I will not expand on that although my mind darted off on a tangent. I whisper a good night.
Maggie M.
Even though the Atlantic piece linked here gives level headed encouragement to resist conspiracy theories – Stories like yours make me wonder if this uptick in fireworks is more nefarious? I know that more people are setting off more fireworks (which in my opinion is rude and unneighborly) but… are the police also doing it? Maybe I should stop making tin foil hats….Jake L.
I’m not usually a conspiracy person, but there’s something weird going on with these fireworks, I can just feel it in my bones. Very scientific reasoning, I know, but I’ll send you some foil.