Well, I attended my first fireworks show last night in a volunteer last night. What a blast (pun intended)! Having 5" & 6" shells going off in mortar tubes a few feet from your face is not for the meek or mild. I was naturally cautious but not overly so.
The head supervisor climed I was "too slow" so I had to pick up the pace by igniting the quickmatch closer to the paper covering. In some cases the shell launched within 1/4 second after fuse ignition.
Can't wait to do it again. There'll be several more shows this Summer and I hope to get my supervisors level 1 certification by the Fall.
One of the guys I worked with last night volunteered on a show that a neighbouring town hosted last week. That town bought $22,000 worth of fireworks and wanted the show to last only 10 minutes. He said he'd never seen anything like it before in his life. The night turned into day for a full 12 minutes. Awesome.
What a great hobby, huh? Where else could a guy/gal go and have so much fun and light up thousands of dollars worth of pyro at someone else's expense?
