A lot of work goes into setting up the fireworks display on
the 4th of July. Pyro
Spectaculars is a very active company that hires professionally
licensed "pyros" to manage the display set-up. They
usually have a crew of friendly volunteers who turn out to help
with various aspects of the two-day process.
The Zeise family has now helped out twice. Here are some photos
of the whole gang working on the non-explosive part on July 3rd,
which is why you'll see some children.
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First sandboxes are set up. These are held together with metal
stakes and cotter pins for fast set-up and take down.
For the most part, the tubes are made of the PVC-type material
used to make drains for your home plumbing, though a few were
made of iron and were quite heavy. They had diameters of 3",
4", 5", and 6".
These are set up in a specific order in each box, well away
from the sides and each other. They are inspected for any debris
left from a previous display.
The finale fireworks are in their own green containers in
the background of this photo.
Jim Mcworter figures out how to
get the little cat off of its trailer: dive forward verrrrryyyy
slooooowly and let it tip.
Covers are placed over the tubes
to keep sand from getting into them.
After the first dump, it was decided
to have a group of volunteers hold the tops on while the sand
was carefully shoveled out by hand.
Packing the sand in tightly was something young an old could
do ...and sometimes the young were better at it.
Jim came around and made sure the tubes were all far enough
apart and tilted just correctly so the fireworks would go off
over the field and not behind us or toward where the crowd would
be.
Ready to move the lids over to the next box of tubes.
The building in the background is part of KLA Tencor, which
makes semiconductor equipment. Both they and Quantum (now Maxtor)
were nice about letting us and the evening crowd use their parking
lots.
It is doubtful this field will be around for many more 4th
fireworks display.
July 4th, the fireworks all wired up and in their foil-covered
tubes. Should a live one not go off, the foil would serve as
a warning. The afternoon is wearing down and we take a break
for dinner before the show will start. Note the white bee-hive
boxes back against the levy. We were a little nervous about disturbing
the bees.
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