This Had To Be The Quietest New Year's In My 78 Years Of Life......i

[global1]

I live in a near western suburb of Chicago - fireworks usually go on most of the night and still go off the next morning too.

Not this year. Maybe 7 minutes of uninterupted fireworks - than silence

Really weird!!!

[NJCher]

1. About 30"

In Northern Jersey.

Wasn’t bad with the windows closed. At first, I thought it was someone shoveling snow, but then I realized we didn’t have any snow.

[Mossfern]

11. Same here - in Northern NJ

Only one or two "bangs."
The cats were grateful.

[Aussie105]

2. I slept through it all.

Did I miss something?

[Xavier Breath]

19. Nah, there will be another one next year.

[Totally Tunsie]

21. With this administration in charge, there's no guarantee of that!

[2naSalit]

3. This is...

The first time in decades that I did not hear one single gun shot, not even a fire cracker all night!

I moved to a nice quiet town where I haven't seen a gun rack in a pick up truck yet.

[MiHale]

4. Hey, 2na...Happy New Year...

[2naSalit]

10. Happy New Year...

To you too!

[GoCubsGo]

5. You're lucky.

They started at 7 PM in my neighborhood, and I was still hearing them at 2:30 AM. They were louder than usual, too.

[Red Mountain]

6. Ours was quiet, too.

Few gun shots but not the war zone it usually is. Zero fireworks.

North Central NC.

[haele]

7. Light rain in San Diego between 11 pm and 1am...

Then the rain got too heavy for fireworks.
And the fireworks "show" pretty much non-stop all over the city since around 1030 pm.
It was almost ferocious for a half hour around midnight - like the "attacking the Bosch and storming No Mans Land" part of a WWI movie..

Laz was taking a friend home around 1145 pm, said the sky was lit up everywhere the entire time he was out.

And now (5am through 6am), we're having heavy rains and thunderstorms, but it's still too warm for New Year's snow in the mountains.

[allegorical oracle]

8. Same here. Have lived for decades in rural Fla., and was dreading NYEve. Generally, it's

almost frightening -- a mix of gunfire and fireworks that starts just after dark. Last night? Almost dead silence.

[global1]

14. I'm Wondering If The Threath Of ICE Maybe Being In Some Neighborhoods Might Have ......

knocked out the enthusiasm for New Years Celebrations.

Basically- people lying low for the night.

[Renew Deal]

9. Seemed normal to me.

And the loud ones were loud.

[chowder66]

12. Someone down the street enjoyed shooting cannons aimed near the front of my bedroom window for about an hour.

It was made worse by being socked in with clouds and light drizzle which amplified the bombs.

I had lots of illegal thoughts about the person or people shooting them off.

[johnnyfins]

13. Same here in South Jersey.

Some booms, but then again, I fell asleep well before midnight. LONG day of work. Off today and tomorrow, though.

Happy New Year to all DUers.!

[JCMach1]

15. Me too at 58. Recovering from flu and pneumonia

Finally got to eat the pumpkin pies inhad planned for xmas. Nothing better than pie and coffee for breakfast.

[Borogove]

16. Complete silence here too. The dogs really appreciated it.

[Conjuay]

17. not in my area

From 8PM to 1AM continuous noise.

[QED]

18. They started around 7 pm here and went on until well after midnight.

Some booms shook the house. My poor dogs. Even though I turned the TV sound up to muffle the fireworks and that helped a bit. I fell asleep since I normally go to bed early but I still heard barks, but fewer. I eventually woke up enough to turn off the TV and we slept in a little this morning.

[Xavier Breath]

20. There were a few fireworks off in the distance as I lie in bed watching the Twilight Zone marathon.

But it wasn't too bad.