Pets

I was really surprised that my cat took it as well as she did this year, especially because she has such acute hearing, even for a cat. It might be because I had the windows closed to mute the sound and had my radio on for white noise background. She heard the fireworks and got alert initially, but calmed down more than I thought she would.

I understand people's desire to celebrate. But it really is annoying, even for humans without PTSD, to hear the loud sounds at random moments for a week before and after the holiday. I propose a compromise. Each community could have a designated day and time for a designated organization to put on an official display of fireworks. All unofficial ones could be banned. Then, at least, the people and pets who are disturbed by them have only 30 minutes at most to deal with and they have advance warning to take precautions.