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July 4 fireworks on National Mall expected to cause hazardous pollution: report
(www.independent.co.uk)
Perfect time to include some gun shots.
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Well this is true to some extent about all fireworks shows. So it's mostly just a "how bad is it" kind of judgement.
Yeah, July 4th is the bane of asthmatics, PTSD sufferers, and pet owners and has been since fireworks displays have been a thing. I’m totally here to shit on Trump, but let’s also shit on every city that does it as well. ‘It’s an important tradition to raise the AQI to 200+ and spray heavy metals everywhere’ only holds water for so long, and it’s not only bad when Trump does it.
17,000 pyrotechnics per minute, for nearly an hour.
That does seem rather like a lot.
Over 100x the rate of fire at the Battle of the Somme
I hope that pool catches on fire
Not surprised, he's the kind of guy who blows his paycheck on several automatic boxes of fireworks and lights them all at once. "It's going to be huge!" but you can't see much and it's over after a couple of minutes.
... and sets them all off before it gets dark.
And the last ones set off cause a fire.
Would be a damn shame if a group Group of freedom folks used the sound of fireworks to cover gunfire and explosions.
A god damn shame
also expected to cause hazardous pollution: you-know-who