Mall July 4 fireworks modeling shows hazardous air pollution
Not safe to be anywhere near the national mall tomorrow, friends. The name of the company Trump picked for the fireworks, Pyrotecnico, sounded familiar. www.nbcboston.com/news/local/i...
Matthew Cortland (they)106The setup is, as I understand it, going to include more launch sites than normal. Pyrotecnico's safety record doesn't seem great www.wtae.com/article/teen...
Eris28Maybe It will happen like that
KitNCaboodle19No competent company would agree to set off the alleged number of shells in that area with people that close.
rabagast16whoa i just googled the company name and they've been involved in a number of incidents over the years, this was not the first time.
Cheshire Cat ᓚᘏᗢ,13They can’t even keep people safe in general:
Charlie Close11Pyrotecnico was the name of my birthday clown when I was 11.
Matthew Cortland (they)140Public health advice if you're in the greater DC area: 1) avoid the entire national mall area — risks include heat stroke and getting blown up 2) run all of the air purifiers you have
Alas I Am But Bones (aka Viergacht)17Maybe it will happen tomorrow
RDS (formerly shawphd)15I keep expecting fatalities and I really wish I could imagine otherwise
Fryda Wolff6They're gonna post the whole Mall on Zillow as a "renovation opportunity."
Kelly “Free Link” McGonigal5It’s weird to know beyond a shadow of a doubt that tomorrow is going to be a disaster, without knowing precisely what kind of disaster. There are so many to choose from!
Misandrosaurus Bex4So you’re saying there’s a chance the whole thing could go up right in the middle of his “record breaking” speech?
Medium Dave4Just gonna point out again that 850,000 fireworks in 40 minutes = 354.166~ fireworks EVERY SECOND. This is not a normal amount of fireworks.
Three👁️Eyed👁️Devil👁️3The American government has like a 50/50 chance of carrying out the largest bombing in the history of Washington DC on themselves tomorrow. I think that really sums up how Trump 2 has been going so far.
Pedinska3Between this, and 30-ish flyovers in very close proximity to National Airport and the site of the 2025 Potomac River mid-air collision between a military helicopter and a plane, this all seems like an awful lot of fate tempting going on.
David Manning3Good luck everyone! Stay home, stay cool
Parades nixed in Philly and DC. National Mall evacuated. Flyovers suspended. NYC’s fireworks display on weather watch. Parades canceled all over because of extreme heat; fireworks replaced with drone shows because of fears of wildfires. The Climate Crisis is the signature event of #America250.
OlympicTorch5It’s almost as if someone up there doesn’t like him.
smithjohnny.bsky.social3There were delays in Boston as well.
Greg Pomes3There are people who believe the weather is some kind of plot by democrats to ruin the 250th. And they’re being completely serious. They’ll be that someone controls the weather before believing in climate change
death-b4-dishonor.bsky.social3All of this is totally on par with everything else in Captain Chaos's life. If he does something meaniful that actually worked out or was successful, it would be like a generational once is a lifetime anomaly. I would actually be in favor of him going golfing everyday. Less office time, the better.
PolittleCat 🐸2personally, I think drone shows should replace fireworks forever. Much more entertaining, very creative. Better than just boom-boom.
Your Old English Teacher2Trump rolled back all sorts of policies that would help our climate. He promotes oil and fictional "clean coal" instead of solar power. He has rolled back protections for our National Parks and endangered species across the country. He cut FEMA off at the knees. Trump must love climate change.
Len Damico9Patriotic celebrations, like sports, are the reward for a functioning society.
Winnie Frolik7The Gods Aren't Being Subtle.
Regina Schrambling 6And sentient citizens are very aware that Trump & his Project 2025 fascists are killing off all renewable energy, even using tax dollars to stop wind farms.
2strong2silence.bsky.social5No it’s proof God is mad with us.
Vickie Hinkley3" #ClimateCRISIS is the signature event of #America250" #ClimateKARMA #CLIMATE.KARMA250 Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!! Sorry, not sorry.
⛈️ National Mall evacuation now includes 'Salute to America' area of the fireworks, as storm approaches Washington DC during #America250 @freedomnews.tv
Jen Bloom20Couldn’t have happened to a better fascist regime.
Gia Monroe19Oh let them stay. Their leader is getting properly IV-infused and drugged up to deliver his long, manly man speech of the new 2026 voting scare to them. How else will they know the Communism is invading us?
Catherine17Cops trying to get MAGA to follow instructions. Hilarious!
McEnron Musk11Trump reading the weather report
Brian [email protected]10"Go home. There's nothing to see here."
Rudy 🇨🇦9Everyone looks like they have no idea why they are there.
Linda Oswald11@artlovergirl.bsky.social Susan, just came across this video.
Catherine10Cops trying to get MAGA to follow instructions. Hilarious!
It’s the Trump Curse. He’s a Jinx.
K🤦♀️𝙑2The party of law and order, disregarding the directions of law and order, is peak maga.
𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝙿𝚎𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝙱𝚛𝚒𝚐𝚐𝚜 🖊️ 🎥 #𝕎𝔾𝔸𝕨2I expect to see Snake Plissken walked past in cuffs any second. This tannoy sounds like the 4th of July in the "Escape From New York" universe.
Mimsy2I love this for them! #koolaiddrinkers
Said as someone who loves the Mall and has always wanted to see the fireworks from there: Please do not go to the National Mall tomorrow. People are going to die. One bottle of water allowed and four "hydration stations" for potentially 150,000 people when Real Feel temps are 100° at 6 PM is madness
Sweaty Owen Meany17If each hydration station has 10 fountains for drinking/filling bottles (optimistic based on concerts I've been to), that means 3,750 people are in line for each fountain! If they take 10 seconds each, that's over 10 HOURS for everyone to get a drink. This is insane.
PuckBuddys [Craig Brownstein]7I would always watch from the lawn in front of the Fed, an ideal spot outside of security perimeters. No way I go tomorrow night. As much as I love fireworks, fuck that filthy pig.
Stephanie7I went a few times when I was younger and even when conditions were better it was a long day
Ryan Deem2Hot Topic is definitely going to live up to its name
Sweaty Owen Meany12Also, this mathematical examination of the (eventual) fireworks show is shocking. It'll be too constant to observe and enjoy AND it'll be deafeningly loud for 40 minutes! Oh, not to mention the airborne particulates. chadtopaz.com/essays/firew...
Tippy6And don’t go to or watch the ballgame either.
Cheryl The Nerd3They're trying to kill us in every conceivable way.
In a heat wave, DC residents brace themselves for Trump's 880,000 units of July 4th fireworks when we usually experience 20,000. Our mayor has warned of the extreme noise, and severe air pollution, and possible other damage.
Sane Lunatic14I'm so sorry about Trump's relentless assault on your city. My one comfort is knowing that a dumbass who's pumping MORE CO2 into the air was forced by climate change to shut down his pathetic little fair early.
Stephanie Eller4It gets smoky enough on the Mall during a normal display.
Jacqueline B.2Here he goes again wasting money, when so many have so little, and polluting the environment for his ego.
Itgetzbybuckner1They aren't actually going to shoot off 880k units. virtually impossible. But that is what the US govt will be billed for, in yet another money-stealing scam promoted by Trumps team. They wow America with the crazy number. Conman sakes pitch A safe bet it will be similar to years past.
Why is the reason the Mall fireworks/bombardment of DC happens at 11 pm? Is it because Trump doesn’t want to give his boring speech when it is earlier and hotter?
Clara Jeffery45Isn’t the main point of municipal fireworks displays so that little kids can see them?
Frantz Schoobert 🇨🇦🇺🇸4Because they will be able to blame the low attendance on yet another factor, the late hour?
Shawn "Smith" Peirce4Normally, they start the evening festivities around full dark, which is around 9:15-9:30. They’re assuming Trump bloviates for 90 min, which is 11.
Finding My Peace3I'm in Arlington and usually find a spot to watch. Have a few friends who spent $300+ each to watch the fireworks from top floor of hotel. Event was to end at 10:30. Now fireworks won't even start by then. Fireworks usually start @9:00 PM. Disappointing, like everything else from this administration
Almightrex2I thought he was bragging about how he was going to do a massive one in the heat
Trump yesterday said "I'm first in everything." After all, He is a malignant narcissistic sociopath. So on July 4th, Trump has ordered just short of a million fireworks to be exploded at the mall. A million. Normal amount is $20,000. Doing this at a time of War where thousands are dying.
Michael A. Stackpole 🇺🇦2Not to be a pedant, but... Trump is paying $1 million. As per usual, he'll get $20K worth of fireworks. It's Trump loser math yet again.
kellykellygirl.bsky.social2And he doesn't even know what the Declaration of Independence says! youtube.com/shorts/K3l2X...
www.koolschrankpress.com1America Celebrates Its 250th Explosive Diarrhea Weekend!
Bishop Steiner1that is just the type of flex that tinpot dick-taters with tiny genitals love to make to try to compensate.
general PSA for folks in All The Fireworks Air Pollution lands that you may be able to check your local AQI with the map below (Assuming someone near you has one of their sensors contributing data) It's what I use for my environmental allergies map.purpleair.com
🐚 Shell-bee 🐝 Cap-HOT-cio 🥵🚫🧊 [Disability Pride Edition]9PS if there isn't a Purple Air sensor near you, I use these to check AQI every day, and they update every hour: www.airnow.gov fire.airnow.gov + use settings ⚙️ to see the smoke plumes www.iqair.com ^ International and you can also use it to check out long term averages for your area/compare
RDS (formerly shawphd)3The Watch Duty app also has an AQI alert but you need to turn it on
Doctors in the DC area are warning people with heart and lung conditions to stay indoors—or even leave the area—after Trump’s massive July 4 fireworks display. With 880,000 shells reportedly planned instead of the usual ~20,000, concerns are growing over hazardous smoke and particulate pollution.
@SuzanaD34We just need one stray rocket 🤞🤞
Diane B3Gawd, something has got to do it. Maybe the air pollution will.
Angry_Gammy ❌👑2Hopefully Melania keeps him outside observing the display, inhaling the smoke & fumes. I just read doctors in DC are warning folks with heart and lung problems to NOT go outside in DC to watch the display, but it could solve so many of our problems in an instant! 🙏
Mike'space2He doesn't give a fuck about people...only spectacle and money
Pat IS the Bunny!2I wonder what NPS's Fire Management Division thinks of this overload of explosives? Risk factor is high with that many going off.
Pat IS the Bunny!2Sparks...fires...not all fireworks go off as planned. I wouldn't go if I was paid millions.
The Fourth of July fireworks show on the National Mall could be the world’s largest ever, which means the possibility of record-breaking levels of pollution — levels so high, people could get sick.
Sanho Tree163🚨“Scientists have found the particles of soot & smoke fireworks leave behind can be inhaled into lung tissue & enter the bloodstream. Last year’s 4th of July pyrotechnics display at the National Mall consisted of about 7,000 fireworks. On Saturday, the National Park Service plans to launch 850,000”🚨
Joshua Keep8Hey, making people sick is a small price to pay for terrorizing our dogs.
Steve T PhD, ensconsed2Does the National Park Service really have the expertise for the biggest fireworks show ever? Not a nice multi-generational family business from Italy or China or Mexico (or all three)? I am just saying I'm unaware of our federal civil fireworks service's track record for this level of thing.