Angry citizens are filing 311 complaints (like this one) about the fireworks mailings they're now getting from a New Hampshire fireworks dealer in this, the Year of the Fireworks, even though the offerings are, you know, technically illegal here.
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We ride at dusk
By SwirlyGrrl
Wed, 06/17/2020 - 2:47pm
Massachusetts is lousy with fireworks this year. Thank dog we aren't having a drought!
Time to form a posse for a cross border raid? We can call ourselves the Good, the Bad, and the Sleep-deprived.
Definitely not just MA
By ChrisInEastie
Wed, 06/17/2020 - 3:03pm
I had mentioned in a previous thread that I read about similar issues in my home region. Having spent the last week between my parents' and in-laws' in 2 different Upstate NY cities, I can confirm it's an issue here too. It's also in the news in NYC, Hartford, Baltimore, and Bakersfield; and family in Atlanta and Dallas have mentioned it in recent weeks.
The Summer of
GeorgeFireworks!Easy to understand
By BostonDog
Wed, 06/17/2020 - 3:15pm
Not that I encourage anyone to buy or use fireworks (I like my fingers) but it's not hard to understand their appeal. Fireworks are cheap fun and easy to find.
Most other forms of entertainment are closed, people can't travel far, and money is tight. So fireworks become default fun for a noisy group of people. Add to the fact it's pretty hard for the police to catch and stop people from using them.
Get used to them. They aren't going away after the 4th of July. The people using them don't care if they annoy their neighbors.
Not the biggest nuisance of city life
By ChrisInEastie
Wed, 06/17/2020 - 3:23pm
I'm woken up at 7am and then live through 11+ hours of construction noise daily, courtesy of the 37 unit monstrosity going up 20 feet from my back porch (which, before I left town was completely covered in sawdust).
Fire hazards aside, I'd gladly take the fireworks if I had a choice.
False dichotomy. What does
By anon
Thu, 06/18/2020 - 12:23am
False dichotomy. What does one have to do with the other?
“Money is tight”? Then why
By Kinopio
Wed, 06/17/2020 - 3:43pm
“Money is tight”? Then why are people blowing money on fireworks? I honestly can’t think of something dumber to spend money on. The IQ on these people must be shockingly low yet they are handling explosives!
Because
By SwirlyGrrl
Wed, 06/17/2020 - 3:43pm
BANG! FLASH! BOOOOOOM!
Fun?
By CynicalGuy
Thu, 06/18/2020 - 12:05pm
They're only fun for morons.
Nonsense; they like to annoy their neighbors, that's part of their "fun". The asshole who keeps blowing up bombs somewhere outside my bedroom around 3 am could just as easily do it at 8 pm, but he knows he'll be more of a pest in the middle of the night. Heavily sleep deprived, I once yelled "You're an asshole" out the window and he laughed and yelled back "yeah, I am!" Big joke, lottsa fun.
Calling 311 and 911 (both of which I've tried) do nothing, of course.
drought
By JJ
Wed, 06/17/2020 - 3:50pm
We're getting there.
Latest drought map will be updated tomorrow (happens every Thursday).
Can 311
By StillFromDorchester
Wed, 06/17/2020 - 3:16pm
Stop mailings?
I think people use 311 to vent as well as for legitimate reasons.
The Ocean water is colder than usual this year...fix it 311
311 is perpetually behind
By anon
Wed, 06/17/2020 - 3:36pm
Here's a fireworks complaint from 2 years ago. Still listed as "open"
https://311.boston.gov/reports/101002552812
One of lifes little annoyances
By StillFromDorchester
Wed, 06/17/2020 - 4:31pm
Is Fireworks in the City.
They were cool when you're a teen and annoying when you have teens of your own.
I won't be a "Karen" though....lol.
Can 311
By StillFromDorchester
Wed, 06/17/2020 - 3:17pm
Double post...sorry.
Call the AG
By mseskin
Wed, 06/17/2020 - 3:27pm
I don't know if anything can be done about mailings suborning purchase of fireworks which are illegal in this state, but if it can it's the AG's office which can do it, not 311. That's who concerned citizens should call.
Is there any disclaimer
By Rob
Wed, 06/17/2020 - 7:48pm
Is there any disclaimer language in tiny print at the bottom of the flyer? "consult your local ordinances" and such...
But the real question is this
By roadman
Wed, 06/17/2020 - 3:28pm
Are those adverts being included in Globe Direct mailings?
fireworks
By Sean north shore.
Wed, 06/17/2020 - 3:48pm
I was in Seabrook NH yesterday. While the wife shopped, I killed time by driving to Phantom Fireworks and seeing how many cars were from Massachusetts. They all were.
Phantom Fireworks I believe is were the Tsarnaev brothers bought the gunpowder for the marathon bombings.
"largest fireworks available"
By anon
Wed, 06/17/2020 - 3:59pm
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-explosions-...
Based on what I'm hearing these days in Dorchester, I think the "largest available" is a popular option for Massholes.
Groupon isn't helping matters
By Ron Newman
Wed, 06/17/2020 - 10:04pm
They keep emailing me offers to buy a $40 coupon that can be used for $130 worth of fireworks at that Phantom store in Seabrook.
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