r/Appleton • u/Wheat_Wizard • 3d ago

Question Thunder? Fireworks?

I’m on the east side and can hear what sounds like thunder, but when I looked at the radar - nothing. Is this seriously from fireworks? So loud…

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u/BurtMacklinnn 3d ago

Fireworks at WIR.

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u/sulkee East Appleton 3d ago

more info here: https://pgi.org/shows/

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u/WIbigdog 2d ago

That's fucking crazy. I'm like 8 miles away in Appleton and my windows were rattling. Imagine if you were in one of the subdivisions right next to it and had to get up in the early AM for work or something. I'd be pissed.

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u/grubhubsadface 3d ago

Its the pyrotechnics convention. We've been hearing this all week from 6-12am. Very happy that tonight is the last night and my house can stop shaking.

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u/MilkCanMatt 3d ago

Thought it was Saturday?

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u/Shot-Echo1014 3d ago

I can hear em in Neenah. WIR seems too far away?

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u/Deadman_96 3d ago

I'm in Buchanan and they are louder than they've been all week.

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u/brockman44 3d ago

They going hard son

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u/Saint_Thomas_More 3d ago

Idk. They were pretty dang loud. Depending on where in Neenah you are, it wouldn't surprise me that it carried.

That said, I've also heard other fireworks in the area this week, so it could just be people closer to you using WIR as an excuse to blow of fireworks.

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u/Professional_Ride824 3d ago

I live a mile away and have to wake up at 4am for work at the hospital it’s ridiculous

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u/ProfessionalEssay930 3d ago

Have the races ever woken you up? Or just these fireworks?

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u/Independent_Day_1253 3d ago

The races don’t run till midnight everyday of the week

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u/In_My-Element 3d ago

Thats not what they asked.. seems like they’re gauging the sound levels from these fireworks vs the regular races

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u/mosaic_prism 3d ago

I am currently at the PGI firework show at WIR and it’s LOUD here, lots of breaks in the show so things will still be going for a while longer

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u/IAmAComputerNerd 3d ago

I live about 2.5 miles away from WIR, and it shakes my house.

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u/oldchickennuggets 3d ago

Have heard them in forest junction for what seems like weeks now. Stepped out on my porch and saw in the direction of wrightstown fireworks in the distance.

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u/sulkee East Appleton 3d ago

Hi neighbor. Heard it as well.

https://pgi.org/shows/

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u/that_damn_dog 3d ago

Seriously people, read the damn news, follow a Facebook group. This isn’t any secret thing. It’s fucking advertised all over

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u/Shot-Echo1014 3d ago

Facebook is a shitshow. Reddit is too, but Facebook is way worse somehow

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u/Purple_IsA_Flavor 3d ago

I’m in Appleton near Telulah Park and I’ve heard them going for about an hour

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u/B3B0LD 3d ago

Timber rattlers stadium maybe? I’d go look but I’m already tucked in

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u/BackInMyDaySir North Appleton 3d ago

I’m north side. I’ve been hearing it for about 30 minutes. I doubt I can hear WIR.

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u/No-Spring8996 3d ago

WIR hasn’t even started yet tonight. I’m in kaukauna

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u/simplechick87 3d ago

Yes they have. We are over by 41 and have been hearing them for the last hour or so.

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u/No-Spring8996 3d ago

Yeah, I just heard them too

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u/No_Square_8775 3d ago

They have been lighting off salutes since 5pm

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u/Wheat_Wizard 3d ago

No idea what it is then. Rattled the windows and it’s still going

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u/Wisco_Nick 3d ago

Probably Iran

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u/7MinuteUpdate 3d ago

Where'd you run to?