[Joshua May]

Originally Posted by KarenH

Maybe I think this way because I'm from California where the land is flammable almost everywhere, except on clean pavement. We also have millions of people who use illegal fireworks, or use "safe and sane" fireworks unsafely or insanely.

Are you sure the pavement hasn't caught fire yet? Yeah, there are so many people with illegal fireworks around here, one got set off right in front of my house last night, those things are loud. Last year, someone on my street was setting them off and it hit a streetlight, and then set another off and caught a whole field on fire, and CONTINUED to set off fireworks!