fireworks

[filkferengi]

My cat is weird. The far-off thunder frightened her into hiding under my computer chair, so I couldn't move it for a long time. Yet, the fireworks in the street [the across-the-street neighbor & co. put on an impressive show with lots of colors and very loud booms] didn't faze her at all. She was in my lap, so I couldn't see the full show, just reflections in the window. Other good news: they stopped by 9 or 10, nothing to keep anyone awake. The heat advisory made me even gladder I'd stayed home from the baseball game.

Comments

[madfilkentist]

Florestan doesn't get spooked by much. Except the sight of the cat carrier.

[filkferengi]

Instead of a carrier, I use a wheeled crate with a blanket inside and a lid on the top. The handles leave plenty of ventilation. Cats we've used it for seem to find the den-like experience comfortable.

[gorgeousgary]

You have polite neighbors. Somebody in our neighborhood started shooting off their stash at 11:30pm!

[filkferengi]

Oh, no!

[ndrosen]

At work a few days ago, I came across an article which mentioned someone named Gary Adkins, so I thought of you. (I was searching non-patent literature published before someone’s priority date, so this article was years old, and I did not use it as prior art against the application I was examining.)

To be a bit on topic, my beagle Rex did not like thunderstorms, especially after we were out on a walk, and there was a very loud lightning bolt close by, and he did not like fireworks either. I don’t remember the cat Whiteneck, whom I had for a while as a younger child, being upset about either one, but I may have forgotten.

[filkferengi]

I'm glad you have such fond memories of your dog.