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Originally Posted by Cherie

I don't even know where you would stand insurance wise

Surely they would pay out if it was someone ELSE'S fireworks that did the damage. Not so sure if someone blew up their own house with them, though.

There were a couple of absolutely insane ones around here on the 5th. Just two or three but they were bigger and louder than the professional display I was at on the 4th?? The windows were rattling here and they were coming from 5 houses down. I don't see how they can possibly be safe, if they hit a house there would be definite damage. Plus, there are telephone cables spider-webbing the area at the back of these houses and that's where they were launching them... just daft, could quite easily hit one and fall back to the ground before going off, or be knocked off course sideways at a window.

I'm bloody dubious about proper council displays after Saturday too... we stayed pretty far back, a whole field away, because the sound (and crowds) are too much for the littlest but she enjoys them from a distance. Quite grateful for that this year because two fireworks in a row went off course in a sort of arc and went off right above the crowd's heads?? Looked pretty ****ing hairy from a distance. Professional Diagram: