Fireworks
Large shells make a sharp report with an echo, usually in bursts and usually after dark.
How to tell
- Several in a row, irregularly spaced
- Sharp crack with a trailing echo
- After dark
- Often visible flash or smoke if you are close
When it usually happens
Heavy around Independence Day and New Year, sporadic all summer.
Heard one just now?
Report it and we will tell you what it most likely was. More reports from different directions make it far easier to pin down.
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