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Fireworks? Why? NYC/NJ Twitter Lights Up With Questions Again (PHOTOS)
Booms that make you go Hmmmm...a round of fireworks during a sudden rainstorm on Thursday night had Manhattan and Hoboken guessing again.
HOBOKEN, NJ — Another day, another round of loud fireworks for people to complain and speculate about. Thursday's round of explosives in the New York City/Hoboken area began around 9:40 p.m. during a sudden rainstorm, leading some to speculate that the noises were thunder.
But they weren't.
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A thread under the @nyc_fireworks account included videos of fireworks being shot off over the Hudson River.
Pls I thought this was thunder and ran straight to twitter
— 💪🏽✨ (@nadzminaj) November 19, 2021
Some people blamed the @fireworks_NYC Twitter account by not warning them, but that account is run by a volunteer who doesn't work for New York City.
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After taking some ribbing, the account owner posted:
There are indeed fireworks downtown tonight, no info on who sponsored them / what they’re for.
— NYC Fireworks (@nyc_fireworks) November 19, 2021
UPDATE: Apparently New York's 311 line received complaints — and the source of the fireworks may have been a political fundraiser. More on that here.
- See coverage of last month's barrage of fireworks speculation (and the answer!) here.
- And from the month before that: Surprise Fireworks Were Not From Hoboken Festival
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