My favorite day of the year....

[Moosie]

And if you even need to click on this link to know what it is you don't know me yet


KA-BOOOOOOMMMMMMMM !!!!!!!! 1 day and counting for the purchace, 7 days for the event !!

 

[Canoe]

What link?

 

[GFHunter]

The dam is finally going to burst!!!!!!

 

[Moosie]

The link to this Thread you Dumb A$$.

http://www.hunttalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=31378

No pictures yet..... we're 7 days away. Tomorrow we go on the yearly trip to load up on colorfull "Sparklers".

I hear they are handing out tickets like candy this year for the "illegal" stuff. Maybe up to $1,000 fine for the mistimeaner (SP?). All I can say is if the fire department comes around the corner we'll have 2 grand worth of Fireworks going off all at once before I pay the fine.

Last year I actually looked into doing it legally. I was told to host an Event it was Close to $5,000 in Insurance Bond to cover the event in case of a fire. I would have had to spend I don't remember how much money and time to get my Pyro's licence and Fly to another state to complete the training. I called the Fire department up and asked what the fine was and they said $100. I'm not good at math.... but I know what route we took If the fine doesn't make a dent, I will Repent

Canoe, If you have no plans let me know. We're having some Kick "A" activities all afternoon for the kids with a BBQ, etc. Several families from Hunttalk will be there. We have an open party, We shut down a Road for the event. It's all about the kids, Astro Jumps, Egg races, Water BAlloon toss's, and several other games for the kids. My guess is over 150 people will be there this year. Evey year over the last 5 years it gets slowly bigger and bigger. Hopefully the weather treats us right again this year. We'll see.

Kid at Christmas baby....... First comes Sparklers, then comes smoke bombs, Then comes Moosie with a Truckload of Ka~booms !!!

 

[Delw]

make sure you get some video this time.


Delw

 

[DRAFTSTUD]

Moosie, This is a real fun time for all! One word of advice...cover the Trampoline. Our 4th of July was always full of Rockets and Missles, Guess what a still burning ember does to a trampoline? Johnhump

 

[Canoe]

Moosie- Thanks for the offer, it sounds like a great time. My mom is going to be in town from Florida, so we are having a get-together at my place on the the 4th. Thanks anyway, I'm sure your party is going to be way better than mine.

 

[Calif. Hunter]

Yeah, we do a bunch of "unsafe and insane" fireworks at the clubhouse, setting them off over the river. Some of the members are cops and firemen, so we get a lot of confiscated material.

 

[MattK]

Moosie- Just be careful...I got these statistics to be kept in mind.

Though they can be exciting, festive and fun, it is important to remember that fireworks are also dangerous (CDC 2000). In 2005, an estimated 10,800 people were treated in U.S. emergency departments for fireworks-related injuries (Greene & Joholske 2006). The U.S. National Fire Protection Association and CDC strongly recommend that fireworks be used only by professionals.

When do these injuries happen? Typically, 60% of injuries from fireworks in the United States occur in the month surrounding the July 4th holiday (Greene & Joholske 2006).


What types of fireworks cause injuries? Between June 18 and July 18, 2005, firecrackers (26%), sparklers (17%), and rockets (17%) accounted for most of the injuries seen in emergency departments. Sparklers were associated with over half of the estimated injuries among children under 5 years, during the same time period (Greene & Joholske 2006).


Who is likely to be injured? During the month around Independence Day (July 4th), children 14 years and younger sustained about 45% of injuries related to fireworks (Greene & Joholske 2006).


What kinds of injuries occur? Injuries from fireworks most often affect the hands, eyes, and the head, face, and ear (Greene & Joholske 2006).

Under the Federal Hazardous Substances Act, the federal government banned the sale of the largest and most dangerous fireworks to consumers. Some states have banned the general public’s use of fireworks altogether. Between 2000-2005, more than one third of the fireworks-related deaths involved professional devices that were illegally sold to consumers (CPSC 2006). The safest way to prevent fireworks-related injuries is to leave fireworks displays to trained professionals.

If you're like me, you consider yourself a trained professional in the art of lighting a firecracker. Therefore, injuries happen to someone else! I'm sure you're safe but this was sent to me as a reminder because I really enjoy the 4th of July also. Have a Happy (and safe) 4th of July.

 

[MattK]

Moosie- Check this link out...I think it shows how sparkler's can be so dangerous.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=DofMDfoPfsA

 

[sreekers]

I think that I am going to blow some cash on some fireworks this weekend! Its one of my favorite Holidays simply for that reason. My favorite is putting about 5 artillery shells in a 50 gallon drum and watching the excitement! Matt, I know its dangerous, but no kids around, and I am young so dangerous is kind of relative! jk, I practice fireworks safety!

 

[schmalts]

Moosies movie from last years event...
http://youtube.com/watch?v=b0jKC2GMPwo&mode=related&search=
and the year before..
http://youtube.com/watch?v=Ciwu9B6z6dY&mode=related&search=

 

[scottymack]

They go on sale tomorrow here we'll have about 3 grand worth at the end of the cul de sac. we BBQ and then the whole neighborhood lights off Fireworks

 

[Moosie]

They go on sale tomorrow here we'll have about 3 grand worth at the end of the cul de sac.

Sounds like the same party...................

Jsut got back....... OHH baby !!

 

[mattobertin]

Fireworks are illegal in Arizona so I guess I will just have to get SHITFACED!!!!!!!!!!!!hump

 

[Moosie]

Fireworks are illegal in Arizona so I guess I will just have to get SHITFACED!!!!!!!!!!!!hump

Some are illegal here too, So we jsut bought "sparklers". 3 more days baby..... Then the next thing I'm lookin gfoward to will be Opening in Utah for ELK !!! Errrr,,, Well,,, I meant my Aniversary, which falls sometime in the summer, Like Maybe July or something... but, anyways, first, the 4TH !!!

 

[choc dogs]

moosie..when you walk in, do the fireworks people pick up the phone and start making reservations for january in cancun? Hope everyone stays a little bit safe, at least.

 

[ELKCHSR]

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/03/science/03boom.html?pagewanted=1&ei=5089&en=b468e86dac289dab&ex=1341115200&partner=rssyahoo&emc=rss

A Summer Camp Where Fireworks Are the Point
Peter Newcomb for The New York Times

STARTING SMALL Students attending Summer Explosives Camp may aspire to careers in mine blasting, but they first try their skills on a watermelon.

By JOHN SCHWARTZ
ROLLA, Mo. — Camp Winnigootchee was never like this.

Peter Newcomb for The New York Times
Paul Worsey, left, of the University of Missouri-Rolla, watched Heather Steele pour water down a drill hole to help break up the rock.
A group of high school students stood at the edge of a limestone quarry last month as three air horn blasts warned that something big was about to go boom. Across the quarry, with a roar and a cloud of dust and smoke, a 50-foot-high wall of rock sloughed away with a shudder and a long crashing fall, and 20,000 tons of rock was suddenly on the ground.

The campers laughed.

“That’s cool!” said Ian Dalton, a student from Camdenton, Mo.

Austin Shoemaker, a student from Macon, Mo., concurred. “It was baad!” he said. “Do it again!”

There aren’t many wholesome explosions in the news these day, but those are what Summer Explosives Camp provides. It is just a louder, and arguably more exciting, version of the kind of summer experiences designed to recruit students to the quieter academic disciplines. The University of Iowa, for example, has a summer program in microbiology; Lake Superior State University in Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., offers a one-week program in robotics; Northwestern College in Orange City, Iowa, offers Neuroscience Camp, which includes a trip to a cadaver laboratory to see a brain and spinal cord.

But do those programs, whatever their merits, let the participants blow things up? No, they do not. This program, which does, is set up to draw students to a program at the University of Missouri-Rolla engineering school that feeds industries like mining and demolition.

Imelda Reyes of Kansas City, Mo., a 16-year-old, said she considered attending a more conventional summer program, but, she said, “Watching stuff blow up is better than summer school.”

Students with a passion for all things explosive and proof of United States citizenship pay a $450 fee that covers food, lodging and incidentals like dynamite. In the course of a week, the 22 students at this session set off a wall of fire, blasted water out of a pond, blew up a tree stump and obliterated a watermelon. They set off explosive charges in the school’s mine and finished off the week by creating their own fireworks show for their parents.

“We try to give them an absolute smorgasbord of explosives,” said Paul Worsey, a professor in the department of mining engineering at the University of Missouri-Rolla, the only university in the country that offers an academic minor in explosives engineering. More than six billion pounds of explosives are used each year in this country by civilian commercial industry for things like mining and demolition.

While fun is the goal of the camp, safety is the first priority, Barbara Robertson, its administrator, said. “So far, we haven’t had anybody lose any fingers or toes,” she said, “so we’re doing fine.”

Much of the classroom and field time is devoted to explaining how explosives are used in real life. Before the quarry blast, Dr. Worsey, a stocky Briton with a puckish air, explained to the students that they would be disappointed if they expected to see a Hollywood explosion, with boulders flying and flames leaping.

“We don’t look to throw rock through the air,” Dr. Worsey said. “When you do that, you’re wasting energy.” Instead, they calculate a “shoot” to use just enough explosive to do the job. “It’s all controlled,” he said.

Dr. Worsey said he created the camp, now in its fourth year, to try to boost the ranks of the aging population of mining and explosives engineers.

Carol Raulston, a spokeswoman for the National Mining Association, said the number of graduates of engineering schools with training in explosives cannot keep up with the demand in the mining industry, the leading employer of explosives engineers, and the current population of engineers in the field is aging toward retirement.

“We’re going to see a whole class of retirees moving out soon that we’re trying hard to replace,” Ms. Raulston said.

“You need to get people in, get them properly trained before you lose a lot of the experience that’s been in the mines for years,” she added.

To say that these students are enthusiasts understates the case significantly. Kris Rolek was one of the students who really, really enjoyed making things go boom and splat. In the setup time before the quarry shoot, he excitedly discussed the comparative technologies for building potato guns with Dan Montrose, a 6-foot-8-inch military explosives specialist who volunteers as a teacher for the camp. Potato guns, which are pipe-based cannons that can fire a spud, are a favorite do-it-yourself project for the explosively inclined.

 

[1_pointer]

I walked into a fireworks store in WY yesterday. WOW! Those cowboy's sure know how to light up the sky. Funny how all the plates in the parking lot were from UT?? A guy checking out as I was leaving had a bill of over $2K!!! And it was buy 1 get 1 free day!!!!!!!!

 

[wilecoyote76]

All I have to say is WOW! Moosie is one crazy sum beotch!

My family and I strolled in a little bit late last night to Moosie's 4th of July celebration but he knows how to throw a bash let me tell ya!

The first thing my kids saw was the water slide and astrojump and they were on it like flies on fresh chit. I missed the water balloon tossing and cupcake eating contest but the spoon egg race was pretty comical to watch. To my surprise the kids can handle an egg.

I had heard so much about the fireworks show that I couldn't wait for the festivities to happen. They start the kids out with throw snaps or "pop-its", move up to smoke bombs and sparklers, then on with the show. Moosie and the team of firework lighting whack-o's got under way with the hundreds of illegal arials! I just remember seeing guys running around lighting mortars like crazy. The next thing I know I see a mortar whiz over in my direction and it lands in the chair next to my wife. We scramble to get out of the way but the chair was unfortunate.

I kept thinking how crazy Moosie and the gang were. I've got to give Oscar and the crew big kudos on throwing a great party. The kids had a blast and the fireworks show was excellent considering the mishap with the mis-guided mortar!