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<br />Orozco, Norma <br />From:donna4000 <donna4000@aol.com> <br />Sent:Thursday, June 18, 2020 12:41 PM <br />To:eComment <br />Subject:Fireworks! <br />PLEASE seriously consider banning ALL fireworks in the city this year. If ever there was a time for it, <br />it is now. <br /> <br />There are many reasons to stop the fireworks, including: <br /> <br />Protesters using them to try to target police; <br /> <br />Gatherings of people can spread COVID-19 even more, and in Santa Ana it is already dangerously <br />on the rise; <br /> <br />Veterans with PTSD are traumatized by the loud noises; <br /> <br />The loud bangs go on for hours and hours, and days and days, and it is intolerable; <br /> <br />People with heart conditions are put at risk; <br /> <br />People with asthma are put at risk; <br /> <br />Autistic children and adults are traumatized by the loud noises; <br /> <br />Babies are very scared by the loud noises; <br /> <br />Animals of all kinds are panicked by fireworks. Dogs and cats have much better hearing than humans so <br />fireworks terrify them. They are terrorized by the loud booms, and they escape from their homes and yards <br />trying in vain to run away from the scary noises. They become disoriented, exhausted and dehydrated as they <br />keep running for miles in a panic; <br /> <br />Legal fireworks encourage the use of illegal ones, and also encourages people to shoot guns in the <br />air, because it's easier to camouflage where they're coming from, and our police and fire departments <br />are already overwhelmed; <br /> <br />Fires increase, and bottle rockets end up on people's rooftops, putting everyone at risk; <br /> <br />Burns and injuries increase; <br /> <br />Hearing is damaged. <br /> <br /> <br />As a city and as a society, we can do much better than this! <br /> <br />Thank you for your consideration during this extraordinary time in our lives. The possibility of using silent <br />fireworks exists, so that might be a viable alternative to alleviate some of the problems. <br />1 <br /> <br />