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I din't think that paoli will have fireworks because of the dry grass.
The big hotel & casino in the next town cancelled theirs for tonight. I don't think I could stay out side for long. to watch them. I can't even water my plants & flowers till night time.
GOD BLESS THE U.S.A. Be safe & may God bless all of you. CAthy A

I am in central IN. Our community has postponed the annual fireworks to Labor Day weekend. Although our county has a 'burn' ban, they have not banned personal fireworks. I am guessing just too hard to enforce. It is close to 100 here again today...like walking into a furnace when one steps outside. I have also 'un' invited my 83 year old parents. Too hot for them to be out. We are not doing our usual 4th of July cookout (we have always done one...starting in the afternoon with swimming in our pool followed by a cookout and then culminating with the community fireworks which are shot off just across from our house). We no longer have the above-ground pool and our children are grown with lives/activities of their own. Today I am trying to clean up my sewing room. We will grill some burgers later on but will eat in the house in the air-conditioning. I am really so very sick of the weather we have had this summer. The yard crunches under our feet and crops are suffering.

Here is one of my firecrackers. We ended up going to the parade in our town, my dd decorated her bike. We had lunch and played a few games. Then we baled and headed home to the AC.

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Hadn't heard anything, but we're staying inside! Making hamburgers, deviled eggs, and got a watermelon- all in the air-conditioning!

I'm in KY, right on the Ohio River. Most of the counties surrounding us are in extreme drought conditions with the hottest June on record-EVER. Most have a burn ban in effect and have cancelled fireworks. Even if there is a community fireworks planned, they have banned personal fireworks. We'd had almost two straight weeks of 100+ degree weather. Some days it's been 107 with high humidity. We were so grateful to receive a pop up storm two days again that dropped 2 1/4 inches of rainfall, but it was very spotty. Farms around here are looking pretty sad.