Review of Spokane, Washington


4th of July ( Independence Day )
Star Rating - 7/4/2013
I moved here in Jan. 2012. I have loved it here until today. Your celebration of the 4th of July is unbelievably bad. First I find out that no fireworks at all is allowed in the city or even the county. Then I find that I would have to go to River Front Park to see the fireworks and fight for both parking and space just to enjoy fireworks? I tired to see from my porch the fireworks but peoples trees are in my way. No place could I find to even see them. Wow, this is horrible. My children and grandchildren with me can not see fireworks on the 4th? Are you kidding me? For generations my family have been using fireworks and no one ever has even injured themselves, why because we carefully supervise. This is so disappointing. Worst holiday ever. Thank you Spokane.
Lorena | Spokane, WA
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Lorena MOVE TO KITSAP COUNTY Washington IF YOU WANT FIREWORKS. Extreme and excessive fireworks used there. Illegal rockets and other Indian Fireworks (are literally just dynamite with some color dust) are purchased by most of the 255K population in May, June, July, August and Dec, Jan, Feb every year in addition to the legal kind. Every neighborhood has more then one person who buys a pickup truck load of the illegal dynamite. Numerous people also light a big wet and green wood bonfires to add tons of Dioxin (most toxic substance on earth), black carbon soot, Acrolein, Benzene (causes myleofibrosis and leukemia) and 200 other health damaging substances to our air to mix with the tons of sulfur dioxide laden firework smoke. This toxic suffocating cloud hovers over the whole county for 3 or more days and nights. Poulsbo WA has their 4th of July Public display on the 3rd so everyone uses that as an excuse to have 2 days and nights of non-stop explosions and big smokey fires. This scenario is repeated for the 5 weeks leading up to and 5 weeks after New Years Eve. The 4th of July fireworks are exploded anytime day or night Starting in May and not stopping until November. The illegal kind let off next to a home deafens the occupants, shakes the house, rattles and can even break the windows. Sends pets running often to never be found. In addition the the toxic pollution cloud the level of noise everywhere in the county on the nights of the 3rd and 4th is well over 85 DB which cause hearing loss. One neighbor measured 3 hours at 108 DB in his home with doors/windows shut. This is typical in most neighborhoods and even in public shopping areas not the exception. People who visits friends on those nights literally run for their car to get away as fast as they can as soon as it starts with the comment "how can you stand this insanity?" Thank god Spoakne county officials aren't backward dynamite loving hicks.
Hatbuddy | Poulsbo, WA | Report Abuse
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