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mahina

(19,185 posts) Wed Jan 1, 2025, 08:37 PM Jan 1

Governor Green, Mayor Blangiardi and city officials on the huge explosions from illegal aerial fireworks in Ahuimanu

https://www.youtube.com/live/NdzI5Pq0mco?si=JkBrlUfCcOnaVpEH

Honolulu had aerial fireworks going off all over the island as usual on New Years. Search on Youtube for New Years Eve 2025 and you will see thousands all over the place, especially in town but also on the Windward side. There is a drone video captured that shows the explosions in one house where it appears these had been sold, as there was a gigantic cache of aerial fireworks that were hit that all blew up.

So four people died including little kids, and 20 people are in the hospital. It was horrible.

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Governor Green, Mayor Blangiardi and city officials on the huge explosions from illegal aerial fireworks in Ahuimanu (Original Post) mahina Jan 1 OP

as a honolulu resident, my opinion is behavior has consequences. people here love fireworks and a handful msongs Jan 1 #1

I am also a Honolulu city and county resident. There is no way HPD can reasonably justify doing nothing this time. mahina Jan 1 #2

So people understand what we are talking about, here is the video from last night mahina Jan 2 #9

video of honolulu fireworks,,,its like an effing war zone... msongs Jan 1 #3

another video BlueWaveNeverEnd Jan 1 #6

I'm on the Leeward Side and it was insane this year. HappyLarge Jan 1 #4

Same here mahina Jan 1 #5

Still some. Not as much as I've come to expect from the last 12 years. HappyLarge Jan 2 #7

Drone view mahina Jan 2 #8

msongs

(70,353 posts)

1. as a honolulu resident, my opinion is behavior has consequences. people here love fireworks and a handful

Reply to mahina (Original post)

Wed Jan 1, 2025, 08:51 PM

Jan 1

of LEO are not going to do much to stop the problem when the people overwhelmingly want them and are quite willing for people to die if it happens. in my area it was quieter than usual and went to bed at 1130

mahina

(19,185 posts)

2. I am also a Honolulu city and county resident. There is no way HPD can reasonably justify doing nothing this time.

Reply to msongs (Reply #1)

Wed Jan 1, 2025, 08:54 PM

Jan 1

Will we? Odds are you end up being right, but we shouldn't. It wasn't always this way. It definitely wasn't when I was growing up. Regular firecrackers, sparklers, sure. That's not what Josh Green is talking about.

mahina

(19,185 posts)

9. So people understand what we are talking about, here is the video from last night

Reply to mahina (Reply #2)

Thu Jan 2, 2025, 01:46 AM

Jan 2

Not having anything to do with the tragedy directly, a completely different neighborhood, but this is what it’s like

msongs

(70,353 posts)

3. video of honolulu fireworks,,,its like an effing war zone...

Reply to mahina (Original post)

Wed Jan 1, 2025, 08:57 PM

Jan 1

sorry , have to watch it on youtube....

?si=w2MssoGlnwZCLmdt

BlueWaveNeverEnd

(10,617 posts)

6. another video

Reply to msongs (Reply #3)

Wed Jan 1, 2025, 11:35 PM

Jan 1

HappyLarge

(27 posts)

4. I'm on the Leeward Side and it was insane this year.

Reply to mahina (Original post)

Wed Jan 1, 2025, 10:14 PM

Jan 1

I can understand New Years Eve and Lunar New Year and 4th of July but people pop off rockets and bombs All. The. Time. Just randomly! Even during drought conditions and fire watch warnings! It‘s ridiculously dangerous. Even when you have video, HPD can‘t stop it.
And now kids are maimed and dead; homes and cars are wrecked and our poor EMS workers are traumatized.

mahina

(19,185 posts)

5. Same here

Reply to HappyLarge (Reply #4)

Wed Jan 1, 2025, 10:43 PM

Jan 1

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Are there still booms happening in your area today? Where I live,today for the first time ever they are not setting off bombs on new years day. I hope it stopped where you are too or will very soon. It’s so upsetting.

They were going off all night and for a long while before occasionally. In my uncle‘s neighborhood in Pālolo Valley, they were going off all the time.

HappyLarge

(27 posts)

7. Still some. Not as much as I've come to expect from the last 12 years.

Reply to mahina (Reply #5)

Thu Jan 2, 2025, 12:12 AM

Jan 2

I hope it lasts. Queens West can’t handle 40 traumas at once.

mahina

(19,185 posts)

8. Drone view

Reply to mahina (Original post)

Thu Jan 2, 2025, 01:45 AM

Jan 2

Horrifying.

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