Posted on 07/05/2007 9:05:58 AM PDT by Hoodat
(CBS 3) PHILADELPHIA Philadelphia city officials decided to go forth with their scheduled Fourth of July fireworks presentation at the Art Museum late Wednesday night, and the 20-minute show went off despite the rain and original reports the show had been cancelled. Many of the spectators, who camped out for hours, went home missing the spectacular sight.
As a steady rain fell during a parade and a concert by Philadelphians Hall and Oates, word got out the fireworks display had been called off for concern over the "low ceiling," a direct result of rainy weather. So shortly before 11 p.m. authorities said an announcement was made during the concert informing the thousands of spectators the fireworks show would not go on as planned.
Thousands of disappointed men, women and children, packed up their lawn chairs and headed home.
Moments later the rain stopped and a clearing presented an opportunity to go forth with the display. Absent were the thousands of spectators once anticipating the glorious sights. At 11:20 p.m., a lucky few of just over 100 stragglers were fortunate enough to witness the pyrotechnics as they lit up the night sky.
One woman, who waited for over 12 hours in the rain, said she was forced to leave the area by police officers who informed her the show had been cancelled for "safety reasons." The woman said she was "surprised" and extremely "upset" after arriving home only to learn the show still went on.
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Philly Phireworks Ping
Let the lawsuits begin.
They left out minorites.
Right at about 9 p.m.
It's as if they timed it that way.
We all even went "oooooh" and "ahhhhh" just like people back home do. ;-)
LOL!
Taking lawnchairs up to the roof and ranking each “pop” on a scale of 1-10 fits with your image.
Bet the Fireworks display was organized by Democrats.
Other than on New Year's, who watches fireworks displays on TV?
I hope most of them were tinted Islamist Red ;)
They were flares and tracer rounds up over Sadr City. LOL
Women and minorities hardest hit...
They voted for the fireworks after they voted against it.
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