Did you skip last night’s fireworks because a) it takes too long, b) it’s too much of a hassle to get to, c) “YUCK! People!” or all of the above? Then check out San Diego’s fireworks from last night which were all set off simultaneously by accident! The whole shebang took 30 seconds, which is just about right for you fireworks loathers.
Bang bang, choo-choo train, let me see you shake that thang. Wm. Steven Humphrey is the editor-in-chief of the Portland Mercury and has held the job since 2000. (So don’t get any funny ideas.) More by Wm. Steven Humphrey
My grandparents told me that happened at Seaside one year, the fireworks all blew up on the beach and created an immense half-circle of spectacularness and third-degree burns. Not sure when, sometime between Lewis & Clark’s visit and the Cuban Missile Crisis I would guess.