What Are They Thinking?

SAMIAM · 07-05-2010, 10:25 AM

We watched the fireworks in Center Harbor......the town docks and parking lot were full of people enjoying the show.Meredith bay is much larger than CH bay and there should be plenty of room for the fireworks barge with safety in mind.Meredith was packed also,nice to see so many people coming out.

Heaven · 07-05-2010, 03:13 PM

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Originally Posted by SAMIAM

We watched the fireworks in Center Harbor......the town docks and parking lot were full of people enjoying the show.Meredith bay is much larger than CH bay and there should be plenty of room for the fireworks barge with safety in mind.Meredith was packed also,nice to see so many people coming out.

It is nice to know that the professionals responsible for public safety are on the job and making appropriate decisions for fireworks in every community.

masssteve · 07-05-2010, 05:13 PM

Was anyone else in the chaos last night leaving Meredith by boat? About 500 boats all leaving at once going as fast as possible within 50 feet of each other throwing huge wakes that couldn't be seen in the darkness. If you didn't see it you wouldn't believe it! I have never seen such ignorance. 2 MP boats sitting there with lights going but thats all that was being done, I guess there wasn't much they could do in the darkness.

Harborist · 07-05-2010, 09:27 PM

We were directly behind the floating safety markers at the fireworks show. By design, we had put our trailers in the Aubuchon parking lot and waited until given the all-clear by the patrol boats. Approximately 45 minutes after the show ended and all the un-fired fireworks were set off (quite a display in itself), we quietly exited the water at the public ramp. It was well worth the extra time to avoid the mad rush of boats leaving Meredith.

LIforrelaxin · 07-06-2010, 12:57 PM

Meredith has been using this technique for I don't know how many years and it works quite well. The Traffic is routed up to Main Street which is not a big deal..... and boats are moved out of the area.... It allows for a big fire works show to go off safely and out over the bay, in a way that allows people to see it all the way down the bay itself..... If they moved the barges out away from the docks they would have to move the boat further down the bay.... Because the bottom line is they have to have a safety zone.... they have decided to use the area around the docks as such.....

07-06-2010, 12:57 PM	#5
LIforrelaxin Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Texas, Lake Ray Hubbard and NH, Long Island Winnipesaukee Posts: 2,877 Thanks: 1,037 Thanked 893 Times in 525 Posts	Meredith has been using this technique for I don't know how many years and it works quite well. The Traffic is routed up to Main Street which is not a big deal..... and boats are moved out of the area.... It allows for a big fire works show to go off safely and out over the bay, in a way that allows people to see it all the way down the bay itself..... If they moved the barges out away from the docks they would have to move the boat further down the bay.... Because the bottom line is they have to have a safety zone.... they have decided to use the area around the docks as such..... __________________ Life is about how much time you can spend relaxing... I do it on an island that isn't really an island.....

07-05-2010, 10:25 AM	#1
SAMIAM Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Moultonborough Posts: 2,912 Thanks: 338 Thanked 1,690 Times in 594 Posts	We watched the fireworks in Center Harbor......the town docks and parking lot were full of people enjoying the show.Meredith bay is much larger than CH bay and there should be plenty of room for the fireworks barge with safety in mind.Meredith was packed also,nice to see so many people coming out.

07-05-2010, 05:13 PM	#3
masssteve Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: North Reading, MA & Laconia, NH Posts: 67 Thanks: 1 Thanked 6 Times in 2 Posts	Was anyone else in the chaos last night leaving Meredith by boat? About 500 boats all leaving at once going as fast as possible within 50 feet of each other throwing huge wakes that couldn't be seen in the darkness. If you didn't see it you wouldn't believe it! I have never seen such ignorance. 2 MP boats sitting there with lights going but thats all that was being done, I guess there wasn't much they could do in the darkness.

07-05-2010, 09:27 PM	#4
Harborist Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Bellingham and Center Harbor Posts: 7 Thanks: 4 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	We were directly behind the floating safety markers at the fireworks show. By design, we had put our trailers in the Aubuchon parking lot and waited until given the all-clear by the patrol boats. Approximately 45 minutes after the show ended and all the un-fired fireworks were set off (quite a display in itself), we quietly exited the water at the public ramp. It was well worth the extra time to avoid the mad rush of boats leaving Meredith.