CNN recently announced that “Fire threats and environmental concerns have prompted some
US cities to forego traditional Fourth of July fireworks in favor of
spectacular drone light shows this year.”
Notice the use of the adjective “spectacular” to characterize an event the
writer(s) have almost certainly never seen firsthand. Fireworks bad. Drones
good. Because no explosions, no smoke, no noise. The next best thing to nothing
at all.
Erin
Mendenhall, the mayor of Salt Lake City, Utah, a recent convert to drone shows,
stated in a news release that the city’s new format marked an effort to
minimize the chance of an unwanted conflagration due to the area’s “high fire
danger” status-- and to lessen air quality problems caused by such pyrotechnics.
“As
temperatures rise and fire danger increases, we must be conscientious of both
our air quality and the potential for wildfires,” Mendenhall said in the
release.
Boulder,
Colorado, is among an increasing number of other cities that have made similar
decisions this year as regards to fireworks and how to celebrate—or not—the
Fourth of July. And it isn’t always a local decision as to whether-- or not--
to employ fireworks in celebration of our nation’s birth. The Biden
administration has expressly forbidden fireworks at Mount Rushmore for the
third straight year.
Some
claim fireworks need to go the way of the dinosaurs because they may upset pets
and be triggering for those with PTSD. That may be the case with any loud
noise—and a host of other things-- all year long, whereas with fireworks we are
talking about 30 minutes one evening a year.
I
have seen some truly spectacular fireworks shows. Call me a skeptic, but it is
hard for me to imagine a “spectacular” drone light show. This is just another
way to justify using global warming-- and anything else progressives can grab
ahold of-- to take away freedoms, dispense with tradition, and avoid celebrating
the founding of America.
And
the drone lights’ red glare, the gentle whirring in air
Gave proof through the night that
our PRIDE! flag was still there
And
that banner yet waves.
O’er the land of the increasingly
less free and the home of the formerly brave.
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