I'm having a major brain fart.
Can't even search my own archives because I can't friggin think of the person's name.
What's the lady's name that does the spirit cooking?
The one that's Lady Gaga's mentor?
Yesterday late evening I got up, geared up to the bare minimum, and ran out the front door because it sounded like a warzone down the street.
I stood there breathing heavy, barefoot, listening and looking around.
Took me all of 20 seconds to realize someone was setting off a bunch of fireworks.
Maybe a gunshot or 2, but it was definitely fireworks
Independence Day is 2 weeks out, people tend to light a few off ahead of time sometimes.
Just an anecdote, but even the best of us get nervous hearing mortars and shit.
In neighborhoods that stuff isn't common (like cities where good fireworks are illegal), that probably sounds scary.