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In reply to the discussion: Damned DIY Fireworks! [View all]Aerows
(39,961 posts)90% of the reason why fireworks are dangerous could be summed up by a party I went to on New Year's Eve many years ago. Everybody is shooting off fireworks, having a good time, and enjoying some beers. *Note this was when I was 19 and most of the folks at this party were 18-20 year olds and drinking beer/liquor was still legal in New Orleans when you were 18. And shots.
And all the fireworks are getting shot off. Then about three idiots start looking for things to blow up, to make bigger explosions including lighter fluid, starter fluid, and my friends and I left when they were contemplating the best way to ignite gasoline.
I suspect a few were on more than just alcohol when they starting lighting cans of hairspray on fire, and I said to my two friends that were not lunatics that it was time for us to go before someone got hurt. We did.
There was a gigantic boom in that direction, but to my knowledge, they had some serious guardian angels because it didn't harm someone irrevocably or burn down a house. Alcohol + Let's see what shit we can blow up is not a safe combination.