3 ms·
Your city looks very much like Berlin. It’s definitely not a good example of how fireworks are better than drone show. Spending new year holidays in Berlin is a
by ivan_gammel 3y ago
Your city looks very much like Berlin. It’s definitely not a good example of how fireworks are better than drone show. Spending new year holidays in Berlin is a nightmare, especially with pets or small children. Half of the city looks like a war zone on 1st of January.
- _gianni_ 3y agoLOL dogs
- Towaway69 3y agoCorrect on all fronts! But I would hate to have drones falling out the sky in addition to fireworks. BTW it has gotten better but still depends where you are in Berlin...
- ivan_gammel 3y agoDrones replacing fireworks make sense only in a swarm. I doubt that anyone would launch a drone with kids on midnight, so there's no danger of rain of drones on new year. And a drone show or even several shows in different parts of the city, that are operated by a licensed organization and with a safety clearance from city at worst case may create some trash, but it is very unlikely to actually harm anyone. Compare this to all the damage caused by fireworks this year (including a burned bus!) and a lot of trash on the streets even in places where it was explicitly forbidden.
- Towaway69 3y agoI agree, I wouldn't mind if fireworks for the general public would be banned. But then I would also ban Xmas trees that get purchased a month before (a week before they get cut down) and month afterwards the very same trees are lying around on the pavement. Complete resource wastage and environmental catastrophe. For what? For a tradition that most people don't believe in but because children seem to need it, we continue on with it. In isolation comparing drones to fireworks, I would go for fireworks. In the big scheme of things, ban them both - drones and fireworks on safety, environmental and resource basis. Alternatively everyone gets a AR goggles and can replay their personal favourite entertainment for new years!
- fullspectrumdev 3y agoNYE was probably one of my favourite times of the year when I lived in Berlin. Our cat didn’t mind the fireworks, what did bother her was thunderstorms during the summer. Different strokes for different folks, I guess.
- ivan_gammel 3y agoMajority of population in Germany is for prohibition of fireworks according to recent surveys, with German alt-right (AfD supporters) being an exception. Apparently those different folks disturbed more than enough people with it. Your cat may be fine, but there's enough research showing negative impact of fireworks on urban ecosystem and pets to make your data point insignificant.
- dopidopHN 3y agoI remember being there for 2k NYE. For a while there was only smoke visible, and people around we wandering if the Y2K bug was real, after all.