If you’ve already started hearing random booms across Rockford at night, better get used to it because it’s only the beginning.
As we get closer to the Fourth of July, fireworks season is officially underway, and those loud pops and bangs are only going to become more common. It happens every year, we know this.
A few weeks before Independence Day, people start testing out their fireworks, celebrating early, or simply taking advantage of warm summer nights. While the displays in the sky look super cool, the loud explosions aren’t so cool.
I could barely sleep a couple nights ago because someone across the Rock River was setting off fireworks like crazy at 1am. My cats were terrified!…