To want the fireworks to stop now?

[QuestionableMouse]

They started here at about 2pm (yes, really!) and haven't stopped since. My cats are hiding and won't eat. I have a thumping headache from the noise and just want some quiet for a bit. They started at the same time yesterday and didn't stop until 11pm ISH.

Ah so everyone deserves it then

Well aware. I'm sure the list is huge who fireworks impact. I didn't list them all.

What a daft comment.

I think there’s a lot of irritations in life, I think fireworks are really beautiful.

Actually the noise of a firework is as much fun as the colours…

And pet owners don’t give a shit when their cats are killing birds for fun, or shitting in your flower beds and dogs are annoying the hell out of people in all kinds of inappropriate places now…

And that’s all year round. Not a few nights a year.

Me too. At organised displays held by professionals. Not for weeks and weeks as soon as the nights get dark

Not sure if this will help everyone, but: DD discovered that her dog is OK with fireworks if he can see them. So she sits by the front window with him. He's still only OK, not a huge fan, but he no longer whimpers in panic.

Please sign if you haven't already:
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They've just started again at fucking 10pm. What a bunch of cunts.

It’s been continuous fire works here since 5pm. Local display was at 8pm and less than 10 mins long. The rest is random garden fire works, I just checked out the window and still plenty going off so will need to wait maybe another hour to try and get the dog out for a wee in the garden. Tv on very loud since 5pm to drown it all out. Dog has emerged from under the blanket but we still can’t go to bed as she needs a wee first. It’s very tedious.

Halloween is a night. Ignore the door. Or go out.

The decorations which scare my niece aren't one night, they started ages ago. Ignoring the door doesn't stop my cat freaking out about people knocking.

What tradition is it when fireworks are going off at 10am on a Sunday?

Fireworks in the garden is a tradition of bonfire night round here. Most are on the 5th, some the weekends before and after. There were some last night too, but I assume that's people who (for whatever reason) couldn't do them tonight. I expect Sunday morning was the same, or people trying to be considerate of those who don't want them disturbing bedtime routines of babies / small children.

Fireworks are also a tradition of Diwali, which was Thursday and Friday last week, so I'd assume that in many areas the extended firework period (rather than just one night) is because we live in a multicultural society where some families celebrate Diwali, some celebrate bonfire night, some celebrate both,

And the ones at the end of September? All the way through October? The ones which will go on now here until they die off in the new year? No traditions. They shouldn't be available to the general public. Full stop.

Absolutely!
I have no issue with fireworks on bonfire night (I.e one night) because I'd just ride it out with my petrified dog who is currently trembling, drooling and panting with fear. It's the unpredictability of it and the length it goes on for. I swear they never uses to be as loud either, sounded like World War 3 tonight, no TV or classic FM will drown that noise out. My last dog was never bothered by them at all.

I've even heard people banding about the term "bonfire season" now to excuse the endless nights of torture.

@Laserwho have you quoted the wrong person. I haven't said anything about pets being able to be trained out of their fear. I expressed regret that the op's cats were scared and then shared an anecdote about my very fickle cat who finds the moving of furniture more distressing than fireworks. I would go so far as to say that you can't train a cat to do anything.

Well no not really, you set them off at a time that’s convenient to you and if you want to do that you have to accept that others will set them off at a time that convenient to them. And therein lies the problem, everyone sets them off at different times, making it last all night and over several days.

Orrrr a better solution might be to restrict fireworks to organised displays, keep the kids up for an extra hour or so, give a few quid to the local cricket/ rugby/ whatever club, enjoy a bigger display with adequate safety measures, reduce fire brigade and Police call outs, reduce A&E visits with burns, everyone knows what time it’ll be on so they can either go or go away from the area and it’s all done and dusted by 8pm so everyone can enjoy a calm and peaceful evening. It’s win, win really!

There are riots here (again) so I have explosions plus endless helicopters circling overhead. My son and I were surrounded in a parking lot by teenagers throwing fireworks at police at 6pm and the night has gone downhill since. I actually like fireworks (if I pretend to forget the environmental devastation of them) and absolutely love the fire pit / s'mores / sparklers version of bonfire night but tonight is horrible.

They shouldn't be available to the general public. Full stop.

Fortunately, in a normal society you can't just ban stuff cos you don't like it. Fireworks upset dogs and cats. Dogs maim and kill people, cats poo in gardens and kill birds. Fireworks make noise. People at barbecues make noise, as do cars, dogs, mobile phones, stereos.

Anyone who wants the 100 acres around their home to run exactly how they want it to are gonna have to save up a lot of money and retire to a house with a 100 acre garden.

I do like fireworks. At organised displays.

We found if we let our dogs see the fireworks they were less upset. Saying that one dog never got use to living under a flight path and would get upset at helicopters, petrol mowers or motor bikes.
We live up a steep drive and I watched displays from our upstairs windows tonight. I watched a woman who walks her dog at the same time every night. The dog didn't seem upset and I could spot and hear two different gardens letting off fireworks.
It is very much a British tradition.

Gosh, hope you are all OK. Sounds awful.

When the neighbourhood dogs stop barking 365 days a year I'll join the campaign to ban fireworks

No chance, I love the fireworks.

I do like fireworks. At organised displays.

And I like dogs. In zoos.

I shouldn't be allowed to stop you getting a dog and you shouldn't be allowed to stop me having fireworks.

Also, organised displays are crap. You're too far away to smell the fireworks, there's no rubbish ones to boo at, no Catherine wheels and rarely sparklers. They're expensive to attend and you simply cannot get a decent hotdog. Plus, there's too many people in too small a space.

Me personally no. But the law should

I moved from inner London to Hampshire a few years ago and boy the difference. In London they start a week early and continue each night and well into late night.

There was a public display on Saturday and nothing tonight.

It’s really noticeable. But I also think being surrounded by farms and livestock people are so much more aware of the distress it causes.