Hi
i going at the place of canada at LaRonde this evening with the technical director of the display !! i really hope a pretty nice show today

Salvapower - any idea when a decision will be made?

Thanks.

I would really like to know also. The weather is just crazy, and its killing me because I don't think I'm going to go. Hearing that it will be put off till tomorrow would be wonderful.

I'm going to be leaving at 8 and crossing my fingers that it is on for tonight - otherwise I'll have to take the trip all over again tomorrow night.

The thing I don't understand is how the Symposium can postpone the closing display on the last night of the Symposium. If it's tomorrow night, many Symposium guests won't be there to see it.

Well at this rate many symposium members won't be able to see it tonight either because they will be blown away in the storm thats going on right now.

doing a phone call...

I'm leaving at 8:30pm. I don't think it's going to be as bad as it is right now. I need a confirmation before 8:30pm. I hope it gets postponed though.

TRae, I can text msg you and let you know if they cancelled it after 8pm.

Thanks Enkil, I appreciate it a lot!

It's not bad at all here (anymore) in the West Island. There isn't much wind.

Nothing real official, as the one i spoke to (resp. of the jury 07) can't reach Martyne Gagnon. Though, she said that even though the members of the symp. are at the dinner there, other ppl from LaRonde majorly left. She really thinks it will be tomorrow.

I guess we'll have to rely on some more last-minute news. Can someone page '911', if it is taking place ? Number is : 514-401-7582.

...if only we had reloadable_shell number... being with the 'technical director of the display ', we would surely know !!!

nm.

Just got back from Brockville and man it looks like chaos on this thread, as it was out there. So what happened? Was it postponed? Seeing that there's no comments now, I guess not!

Coming back on the 401 was insane with all that heavy rain, and even the odd flash of lightning near Prescott. It did rain continuously down there and I knew it was heading NE towards Montreal with some pretty hard rains.

And Tyler, again, nice video. I personally loved the whistling going on after the finale.

Trav.

What a night!

It didn't start until around 10:30pm. That's a 45 minutes delay! But it ended at 11:30pm. And it was pouring rain during that time with the wind increasing and diminishing. Well, there were only five people on Notre Dame street: TRae, canuck, some guy (maybe from the forum?), his little son and myself lol.

I personally liked the first two displays. The first one is probably my favourite. The 20min display (I think it was the third one) was too long and some parts were boring, but maybe I felt this way due to the weather and all the craziness around me. The final show was also nice. The finales weren't too bad, and I really liked how the show ended (Panzera?). Once again, I loved watching and feeling those salutes! There were many interesting effects. Also, I heard some weird, but kewl noises coming from some effects. I've never heard them before, maybe they were new pieces?

Anyway, this is definitely one night to remember. It kinda reminded me to last year's Pyjama fireworks!

Odd, I figured that I would get home and somebody would have posted some news. In any case, I arrived at 9:15 - a supposed half hour before the displays were to begin. Tonight, in the rain, we were 5 spectators (beating Wednesday's record of 7 was too ambitious). Thank heavens we were a patient bunch, because the first display went off shortly after 10:30. The finale from the 4th display ended shortly after 11:30! I would say that each display had it's strong points - and the 3rd was a solid 20 minutes long! I believe my favourite was the second display.

I hope Paul can fill us in on which company is associated with each.

I will have to cut this short as I need to get to bed. I'm going into school early tomorrow to work on a project so i will not be able to do anything with tonight's videos until, likely, late tomorrow night (after the hockey game).

I hope you all have the patience that we displayed tonight!

Edit: Looks like you were quicker on the draw Enkil!

Thank you, Enkil and Tyler, for the comments! So much for the weather-proof fireworks barrier. I just went offline with Enkil, and he mentioned to me that tonight reminded him quite a bit of Canada 1995, which also occurred to my mind as well while I was watching the weather situation today. I'm just glad that all of you were prepared for the abysmal weather, but thankfully it was mild and humid, to say the least.

The winds were a bit variable this evening, and generally weaker than was expected. I recorded about a 10-15 km/h range from the South and West at approximately 9-10 and 10-11 p.m, so that was good news for the fireworks, although I learned, according to Enkil, that there was a lot of smoke accumulations present tonight due to the elevated moisture and damper air. The winds themselves will pick up through today, as we are now behind the cold front.

And Tyler, I, as always, look forward to your videos. Good luck with that project! I'm glad that you guys had an enjoyable evening, despite the weather and the subsequent delay in the show. It goes to show that not even the weather can stop true pyrofreaks!

Trav.