I wonder if our politicians who allow the use of personal fireworks and the people who do not want fireworks banned because of the money they make have any guilty feelings from the fireworks disturbing animals, babies and veterans who are taken back to the war zones by the loud explosives?
People have to stay up two-thirds of the night to make sure their property is protected, then have to go to work without much sleep. Seniors are traumatized by the noise and the flying debris over the neighborhood. I worry for people who have lung problems. I watched a big cloud of polluted air flow down the street about 10 feet high and wondered what animal or person was going to breathe that in. Vehicles can get paint damage.
I imagine if I were to ask who is responsible for all the debris in my yard and on my roof, I would be told that I was, even though I have never used fireworks.
Vancouver is too populated for all of this terror to continue. People who think it is the only way to celebrate our independence should take their family down to the river and watch the big fireworks display and not bother anyone in their neighborhoods.
