I usually burn Swiss flags

So-called 'quiet(er) fireworks' are indeed a thing. Most notably as of 2015 a town in Italy, Collecchio, requires this type.

From the NYT:
https://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/01/s...rks-quiet.html

If that article is behind a paywall, here's a write-up from Snopes:
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/silent-fireworks/

How are the kitties today, Bowlie? Hope your young'uns have recovered, with no lasting effects.

Last night, we were in a field in Greifensee, waiting to watch the fireworks show. We were there with another couple and their kids, with all of us sitting and laying on picnic blankets. Some people began setting off fireworks about 15 meters or so away. A stick from one of the fireworks (after it had gone off) fell from the sky and landed right on my friend's husband's shoulder -- hitting him right on his collar bone. I could tell it hurt him pretty badly, but thankfully some ice and ibuprofen eventually helped. It was still smoldering hot when it landed, and it had just missed landing on his son's face by about 30 centimeters (his son was laying down next to him when it fell).

Anyways... I'm sure this is just general knowledge, but be careful if people are lighting fireworks nearby. We were a bit lucky last night that it wasn't anything much worse and especially that it wasn't one of the kids who was hurt.

If you have never been to a fireworks in India then you have never really experieced fireworks. There they fire rockets horizontally-under cows etc etc. One rocket came into my hotel room in Delhi!! I also nearly got lynched when I threw a cracker down onto the strreet below and it landed on the cloth roof of a sellers stall and the roof exploded in flames. I made a very quick " retreat"!!

Thanks Meloncollie! I’ve learned something today. I’m going to translate for our mayor. Maybe they can tone down their display next year.

The two little angels are much happier today. The 16C drop in temperature may have something to do with that though.

Looks like the cancellation of the firework display in Basel means there’s going to be a lot more local disruption, judging by the amount of fireworks being let off already.
Fortunately my dog is ok with the explosions but will be difficult for some others I guess.

Did they cancel the fireworks display tomorrow because of the weather? It does look like we're supposed to be getting a LOT of rain tomorrow, here in the Zurich area at least. Right now, it's showing that the rain is supposed to stop around 6:00 pm tomorrow or so. We'll see....

Jeez. Could the weather this summer get any shi**ier?

I'm glad your dog is doing okay.

Basel fireworks is a COVid victim.
I think it’s the wind usually rather than the rain that cancels it in normal times.

Time to hit the streets while the teenagers are getting their dinner!

On meteo they said there were 4 sunny days when the sun shone all over Switzerland in July.

So, yes, it could get slightly shittier: Zero days in August?

Pretty heavy rain forecast for tonight. That’s going to soak the bonfire. I just hope they understand that soaking it with gasoline is not the answer.

Ugh. Wow. Only four sunny days in July! That's crazy. It felt like it, too, though. I guess I just didn't realize just how bad it was in terms of the #'s.

They usually do a big bonfire, food tent, etc. here in Greifensee for Aug 1st, but it's cancelled again this year because of Covid. I guess they are doing a much bigger fireworks show this year to make up for it though. It looks like the weather in the Zurich area should be decent tomorrow evening / night. It's now showing that the rain is supposed to stop around 6:00 pm or so and the skies are supposed to clear. It's even showing a little sun now, for the evening for tomorrow in my MeteoSwiss app. Hopefully that won't change until then.

Yep, random and annoying little pops, bangs and whizzes until at least 1 am Just when I thought that someone had fired off the rest of their inventory, someone else surprised me with theirs 5 minutes later. It seemed to go on forever...

I have three cats: one was fascinated by the "flying lights!", one huddled terrified at the bottom of the steps and the third one was off somewhere in a comfy hiding spot. And now it should be quiet until Sylvester

We were in the same situation.

The kitten absolutely didn’t care. Dog 1 was basically hyperventilating, at one point I got scared she would get a heart attack out of fright. She went to hide in the bathroom. Dog 2 was stuck in my arms shaking.

It seems to get worse every year

Bonne fête

Pity the skies will not be clear like that..

I haven't heard any pre-fête firecrackers or fireworks. Nothing at all ... Strange, it's like all the adolescents in town have gone away! (Although one particularly obnoxious one moved away last fall.)

They are here!

Tom

You appear unaware that generally the private whiz-bangs will be let off this evening. Don’t know if this is outlawed in Beppitown now. If not, you might be in for a little surprise before NYE

The sun always shines in Ticino, unless it doesn’t.

August 1 and January 31 have always been hard for my dog. Now that she’s almost 17, her hearing is not so acute and the fireworks don’t seem to bother her. Still, the cellar is ready for her if she needs it.

Hope all the pets and any one with PTSD or anyone impacted by the noise and light are ok tonight.

I'm working as a fireman at our commune fire tonight..

I don't think i'll have much to do keeping it safe, the work will be in lighting it!

Down here (relative to you that is) it's been raining all day. We are thinking of giving the celebrations a miss. Will be out of the rain, but in a damp, dark hangar.