Oh, no poor Bel, a hug for her and of course you ( being far from her makes it easier to be as sorry for her for you). And that a dog had to be put down due to such nerves, how horrible. Fireworks is stupid - or better real ones a couple times a year ( New Year´ snight and maybe a summer festival) are ok, but for it to go for weeks, idiotic....

About the bizarre, yeap, besides the obviousness of the bizarre mindset, the even weirder total lack of practical sense, brilliant idea to put lots of combustible material, material which absorbs dust all over schools. Some people are indeed brainless...