We’re aware of most loud fireworks before they happen.  We can then refrain from walking our dogs (easily frightened by the explosions) in waterfront parks at those times.  With notice, we can close our doors and windows and hold fearful pets or even cage them.  With notice, we can put our kids to bed later, since the explosions wake them up, anyway.  As it was, we didn’t know what was going on.  It was a normal weeknight, and some of us were in the interior corridors of our building, canvassing for the election, when the explosions started.  We had to scatter to make sure kids and pets were okay.  Others living on the central waterfront would have had similar experiences.

     Your "good neighbour" policy is a bad joke.  You clearly don t even recognize that you have neighbours.

Brenda Roman