No! to Backyard Fireworks

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Originally Posted by BrianR

Cloud failed to mention t hat gunfire tonight is a popular diversion for some folks. I always get nervous when firearms are going off (into the air, natch) and those bullets have to come down somewhere...

I know that the projectile will have spent it's energy by the time it falls back to Earth, but what if the Yoyo who fired it was not at full elevation? It could be a line drive to my noggin!

And I live close to her now...closer than before.

Brian

I think you snoozed through physics class, Brian. If you shoot a bullet straight up in the air, it loses its energy at the apogee of its arc. When it reaches the ground it is going just as fast as when it left the barrel. A flat trajectory, not so.

Avoid the knuckle heads in the first place.