This New Years I had the great fortune of breaking my 17 consecutive years of New Years celebrations in Colorado with a celebration Hawaiian style! Nothing against my Colorado celebrations but this was unlike anything I've ever experienced.
I felt like I was in a World War II movie the majority of the night as people seemed to be ringing in every New Year around the world by setting off fireworks. It sounded remarkably like the shells and popping that comprise the background track of any Hollywood war movie. I remember being impressed by the fact that the fireworks at 10 pm HST were far superior to anything mustered by Coloradans on even the Fourth of July! I began to anticipate the chaos that must be coming for the actual New Year!
I was NOT disappointed. I was not aware that so many lipstick sized explosive devices had been invented! Every house along the street was doing their part to drive the evil spirits out of Hawaii. There were impressive aerials going off everywhere to a never ending clapping of firecrackers exploding everywhere. The people I rung in the New Year with had several massive boxes of thousands of firecrackers all strung together and capped by a small box of a few hundred firecrackers. When midnight arrived I felt like I was in a CNN video showing a bombardment of Iraq at night. Thick smoke filled the streets and things were exploding everywhere. Flashes in the smoke marked explosions in all directions as I felt the heat wave blast from the thousands of firecrackers exploding in my hosts' display. This went on until around 1:15 or so after the Samoan New Year and tapered off about 1:45.
Amazingly I escaped unscathed! Hau'ole Makahiki Hou!
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