Fireworks...gone wrong...very wrong

Fireworks:

Beautiful streams of colorful lights that brighten the vast, dark sky on the day of our Independence...

when done properly.

I now understand why my mom never let us light our own fireworks. "You'll blow your fingers off," she would say. "What if they explode backwards?" she would rhetorically ask. I guess me & my "adult" self, my husband "the expert," and a few willing neighbors just had to see what the hoop-lah was all about tonight. Here it goes...

Beautiful, aren't they?

The men, taking control, doing their "man" thing...

Don't they look like they know what they're doing?!

Yes, that would be the gutter along the side of our house. I knew it didn't look right when the rocket fell to a horizontal position...aimed right at our open garage & vehicles. Nice.

"Firetrucks?!" you ask. Who would have known that the rockets had parachuting men that floated down after explosion? Once deployed, we notice the faint flicker of various embers on the top of a neighbor's roof. Nice.

Did I mention the sirens...from the four trucks...and their spotlights? I guess College Park Fire Department had nothing else going on tonight...why not send the whole squad?!

Needless to say, it was quite the experience. I'm look forward to next year! Happy 4th!